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RES 4763 Gl 437
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The content of the text is almost identical to that of CIH 921 + Ry 547. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]ʾ Mrb bnyyʾ ḥmtm [....] ḏʾt l-S²ms¹ ṯnyt [..]t ḏʾt qd[... ...] mlkʾ [.]f[... ...] w-ʿbdmmqtʾ bn ʾ—
2 [... ... ... ...]s²ms¹ w-Tym bn N[..]r w-Yndwr bn ʿbdn w-ʿwb bn S¹mhrm w-Wh[... ... ...] w-ʿwḏ b[n ... ...] Tymm [... ...]d[... ...]
3 [... ...]
4 [... ...]
5 [... ...]
6 [... ...]
7 [... ...]
8 [... ...]
9 [... ...]
10 [... ...]
11 [... ...]
12 [... ...]
13 [... ...]l w-ʿwr hqnyw S²ms¹ [ḥ](mt)[ blqʾ ]ḏʾt w-ms¹nd[... ...]
14 ... ...mn[. w-]b ʿṯtr [... ...]
| 1 | To be read mlkʾ, although in Glaser's copy there is mlks¹. On the basis of CIH 921 + Ry 547, Robin and Prioletta suggest that it could be integrated: [rglʾ ḥwr hgr]ʾ Mrb bnyyʾ ḥmtm [....] ḏʾt l-S²ms¹ ṯnyt [s¹n]t ḏʾt Qd[... ...] mlkʾ. |
| 3-12 | The gap between the lines 2 and 12 is of about ten lines. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Inscription commissioned by people from North-East Arabia residing in Mārib.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Prioletta 2013: 169-170 | Robin, Christian J. and Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Nouveaux arguments en faveur d'une identification de la cité de Gerrha avec le royaume de Hagar (Arabie orientale). Semitica et Classica, 6: 131-185. |