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Fa 87


Ahmed Fakhry
Fakhry 1952: i, 113, fig. 60

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Nʾdnns¹ w-
   2  kl ʾlwd-hw [.] S¹—
   3  ʿdṯwn w-Rbb—
   4  ns¹ hqnyw l-mrʾ-h—
   5  mw Ns¹(r)m ʾlh ḏ-Ṣbʿyn
   6  ṣlmt l-qbly ḏ-ḫmr
   7  ḏ-s¹tdʿt Nʾdnns¹ l-wfy [... ...]

Apparatus
2ʾlwd-hw: metathesis for ʾwld.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Nʾdnns¹ and
   2  all her children,
   3  S¹ʿdṯwn and Rbbns¹
   4  dedicated to their Lord
   5  Ns¹rm, God of Ṣbʿyn,
   6  a statue because He granted
   7  what Nʾdnns¹ asked, for the safety [... ...].
7The dedicator is a woman (Beeston 1981 c: 66).
Beeston 1981 c: 66Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XII. Le Muséon, 94: 55-73.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 19, w. 18
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesReemployed in a building of the government.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fakhry 1952: i, 113, n. 136, fig. 60Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 56Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press.