CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Adolf Grohmann
Grohmann 1914: 35, fig. 73

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT

marker


   1  Ḏmrkrb bn S¹mhkrb ḏ-Yhr ʾḫ Yṯʿmr w-[... ...]
   2  [bn mwṯ]rn ʿd s²qr b-ʿṯtr w-b-ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt Ḥ[mym]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḏmrkrb, son of S¹mhkrb ḏ-Yhr brother of Yṯʿmr and [... ...]
   2  from foundation to top. By ʿṯtr, ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Grohmann 1914: 35, fig. 73Grohmann, Adolf 1914. Göttersymbole und Symboltiere auf Südarabischen Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 58/1). Vienna: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder.
Höfner 1938: 28Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37.