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Fa 69 A 735
Jacqueline Pirenne
Pirenne 1956: pl. XVIII/c
Pirenne 1956: pl. XVIII/c
Jacqueline Pirenne
Pirenne 1956: pl. XVIII/c
Pirenne 1956: pl. XVIII/c
Hermann von Wissmann
Wissmann 1982: 276, fig. 68
Wissmann 1982: 276, fig. 68
Ahmed Fakhry
Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 52
Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 52
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 |
TEXT
1 [Y]ṯʿkrb bn ʿmʾmn mlk ʾrbʿm hqny Hwb(s¹)
2 w-ʾlmqh b-ʿṯtr w-b Hwbs¹ w-b ʾlmqh w-b ḏt-Ḥ—
3 [mym w-]b Ydʿʾl w-b-Yṯʿʾmr w-b-ʿmʾmn ʾb-hw
| 1 | Beeston 1975 a: 191 notes that ʾrbʿm is here a proper name, but it is surely connected with the noun "townsfolks (of Marib)". |
| 1 | ʿmʾmn mlk ʾrbʿm is the author of the inscription CIH 487. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yṯʿkrb, son of ʿmʾmn, king of ʾrbʿm, dedicated to Hwbs¹ 2 and ʾlmqh. By ʿṯtr, Hwbs¹, ʾlmqh and ḏt Ḥmym; 3 and by Ydʿʾl and Yṯʿʾmr, and by ʿmʾmn, his father. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 100 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed as a lintel in a modern house. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, 106, n. 117, fig. 52 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 39-40 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
| Pirenne 1956: pl. XVIII/c | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën. |
| Beeston 1975 a: 191-192 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1975. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography IX. Le Muséon, 88: 187-198. |
| Wissmann 1982: 276, fig. 68 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |