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RES 4416 RES 3432
François Bron
Bron 1983: pl. 4
Bron 1983: pl. 4
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 | 3.5 (l. 1); 3.3 (l. 2) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ... ḫm]r-(h)m[w] mrʾ-(h)m[w ... ...]
2 [... ... ...]ʿṯt bn Ṣʿqn bn ḥwrn ʾlw s¹ṭrw b-ḏn wtfn
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 22.5, w. 84 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib (Southern sluices of the main dam.) |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Dam or retaining structure |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Grebenz 1935: 74 | Grebenz, Karl 1935. Die kleinen Fragmente aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mârib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 42: 66-93. |
| Fakhry 1952: i, 70 n. 48, fig. 36 (facsimile) | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Jamme 1976: 15, pl. 2 (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
| Bron 1983: 138, pl. 4 | Bron, François 1983. Inscriptions de la digue de Mârib. Aula Orientalis, 1: 137-153. |