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MAFRAY-ad-Durayb 4 Gl 1550; RES 3948; RES 4849


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters9
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  Krb(ʾ)[l ](W)tr bn Ḏmrʿly |
   2  | mkrb S¹bʾ gnʾ Ktlm yw—
   3  m hwṣt kl gwm ḏ-ʾlm (w)-
   4  s²ymm w-ḥblm (w)-ḥmrm |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Krbʾl Wtr son of Ḏmrʿly
   2  mukarrib of Sabaʾ walled Ktlm, when
   3  he founded all the community, that of the god and
   4  the Patron and the territory and the people.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 46, w. 124
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern sitead-Durayb
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Raghwān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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Origin
Modern siteKharibat Saʿūd
Ancient siteKtlm
Geographical areawādī Raghwān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 139-142, pl. 14Robin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980. Les inscriptions de al-Asâḥil, ad-Durayb et Ḫirbat Saʿûd. (Mission Archéologique Française en République Arabe du Yémen: prospection des Antiquités Préislamiques, 1980). Raydān, 3: 113-182.