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Ja 2869 Ry 272; RES 4979; Fa 128
Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 55/c
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 7.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ... w]-(ʾḫy)-(h)w Nmrm w-(b)ny-h[w ... ...]
2 [... ...](t) byt-hmw Rymn w-ṯlṯ[... ...]
3 [... ...](t) w-ʾzlt w-tḥ(ẓt)[ ... ...]
4 [... ...](h)n b-mqm m[rʾ-hmw ... ...]
| 2 | w-ṯlṯt (Jamme). |
| 3 | tḥ(gr) "the defensive works", as the plural of tḥgrt (Jamme). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 30, w. 50 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿAmrān |
| Ancient site | ʿmrn |
| Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Rymn |
| Notes | The stone inscription is reemployed in the construction under the eastern door of the city, called Bāb al-Asfal. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 98, 101 (facsimile) | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |
| Fakhry 1952: i, 152, fig. 107 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Rathjens 1953: i, 28, fig. 11 | Rathjens, Carl 1953. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. I. Teil. Der Reisebericht. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel. |
| Jamme 1976: 123-124, pl. 19 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
| Robin 1982 a: ii, 89, pl. 55/c | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |