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RES 3902 bis N° 152 RES 3902 N° 152


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters1.5
Textual typologyDedicatory text
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

This text, written in a very rough epigraphic style and with some graphic mistakes, has been recognized by Jaussen as a copy of the inscription CIH 373, engraved on the wall of Maḥram Bilqīs temple.

TEXT

marker


   1  Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm mlk |
   2  S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn Ḏmrʿl*y* By—
   3  n w-Hlkʾmr bn Krbʾl hḥdṯ—
   4  y-tlt nkl gwbn l-ʾlmqh |
   5  l-w<f>y bytn S¹lḥn w-h*g*rn-Mryb

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm king of
   2  Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān son of Ḏmrʿly By-
   3  n, and Hlkʾmr son of Krbʾl, restored
   4  tlt, finished off the gwbn (?) for ʾlmqh,
   5  the community (?) of the royal palace S¹lḥn and the city of Mryb.
"..haben erneut, was verfallen war vom kunstvoll durchbrochenen Mauerwerk, dem ʾAlmaqah".

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 1288
Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 17.5, w. 23, th. 4
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jaussen 1926: 577-578, no. 152, pl. XIIIJaussen, Antonin J. 1926. Mélanges: Inscriptions himyarites. Revue Biblique, 35: 548-582.