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RES 4963 Ry 258
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿmkrb Kbr ʾqynm ḏ-M—
2 rḥbm hqny Hbs¹ ym hʿ s³lʾ
| 1 | ʾqynm: the letter n is written left to right. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmkrb, kbr of the ʾqynm, of 2 Mrḥbm, dedicated to Hbs¹ when he offered a tribute (?). |
| 2 | "au jour où il fit une offrande" (RES). According to Beeston, it could be possible to interpret s³lʾ as the name of an irrigation structure and translate it "when S. flowed with water". |
| Beeston 1981 b: 23 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Two epigraphic South Arabian roots: HYʿ and KRB. Pages 21-34 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, 166 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 8.5, w. 20.5, th. 5.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 87-88, n. 258, pl. VI | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |