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RES 5102 Ry 354 = Ry 373
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Ryckmans assumed that two copies had been made of this text, one by C. H. Inge (from a private collection at al-Mukallā), another by al-ʿAzm (from Mārib). |
TEXT
1 Klbm ʿb—
2 d ʾbkrb
3 ḫ-k ḫrfn w((w-))
4 hqny ʾlm—
5 qh Ḏḫrʾl
| 3 | ḫ-k: it could represent the abbreviation of the date. It is composed by a letter k with a small ḫ inside. Robin and Bron assume that the w was used here as a numeral and had the value of six. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Klbm, servant 2 of ʾbkrb, 3 ḫ-k (year of Klbm ?), in the year 6 (or: and), 4 dedicated to 5 ʾlmqh Ḏḫrʾl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Unknown |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Notes | According to Ryckmans, the stone probably comes from Mārib. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1942: 129, (facsimile) | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1942. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Septième série. Le Muséon, 55: 125-130. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 68-69 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Huitième série. Le Muséon, 62: 55-124. |
| Robin and Bron 1974: 82 | Robin, Christian J. and Bron, François 1974. Nouvelles données sur l'ordre des lettres de l'alphabet sud-arabique. Semitica, 24: 77-82. |