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CIH 659 Gl 629; RES 4783


Calvet and Robin 1997: 209, cat. 125

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  ʿmʾmr w-bn-hw Ydʿʾb[ ... ... b]—
   2  rʾw w-hw(ṯ)r w-s²qr mʾḫ[ḏ... ... ... ...]—
   3  ʾrm w-Hgrw w-ḏ-Hgrm w-M[... ... ... ...]—
   4  (n) w-ḏ-ʾwṯnm w-ʾwṯnm by(n)[... ...]

Apparatus
3According to the editors, the names may refer to the irrigated lands, but we cannot exclude a different onomastic category.
4According to the editors, the two occurrences of ʾwṯnm might alternatively be toponyms.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿmʾmr and his son Ydʿʾb [... ...]
   2  built and placed the foundations and completed the basin [... ...]-
   3  ʾrm and Hgrw and ḏ-Hgrm and [... ...]
   4  of the boundaries and the boundaries between [... ...]
Calvet and Robin 1997: 209Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 4722
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 20.5, w. 45.5, th. 6.4
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Unknown
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
NotesThe provenance is given by Glaser.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 208-209, cat. 125Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.