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Gl 1675 RES 3653


Maria Höfner
Höfner 1973: pl. XV/1-2

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Measure of letters11
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

A translation of the text in RES 3653.

TEXT

marker


   1  S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ mlk S¹bʾ bn
   2  Yṯʿʾmr Byn bny

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ, king of Sabaʾ, son of
   2  Yṯʿʾmr Byn, built.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mlaker 1943: 85Mlaker, Karl 1943. Die Hierodulenlisten von Maīn: nebst Untersuchungen zur altsüdarabischen Rechtsgeschichte und Chronologie. (Sammlung orientalistischer Arbeiten, 15). Leipzig: Harrassowitz.
Höfner 1973: 65-66, pl. XV/1-2Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.