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Robin-al-Maḥāfiẓ 1+2
Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 9
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.8; 4.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Possibly a late Sabaic inscription (see Apparatus notes). |
TEXT
1 [... ...]ṭmw [w-ʾ]ḫy-hw[ ... ...]
2 [... ...] Ynf w-[..](w)kn ʾy[... ...]
3 [... ... ]w-ṯwbn [kl] byt-h[mw ... ...]
4 [... ...]b-mqm [mr]ʾ-hmw ʾ[... ...]
5 [... ...ʾ]ymn (ml)k[y S¹]bʾ w-ḏ-R[ydn ... ...]
| 4-5 | Perhaps ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd and his brother Ḏrʾʾmr ʾymn are invoked. If this is true, the inscription belongs to the late Sabaic period. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | Fragment nr 1 : h. 34, w. 23.5; fragment nr 2 : h. 36, w. 26 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Maḥāfiẓ |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house |
| Notes | The first stone fragment belonged to a local farmer; the second one was placed in a building yard. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1982 a: ii, 20-21, pl. 9 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |