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MAFRAY-al-Balaq al-Janūbī 4 Gl 1716


Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982: pl. 39/b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

On the edge of the central rectangular basin.

TEXT

marker


   1  ḏt-rbʿm w-mfẓrm

Apparatus
1A.G. Lundin reads ḏt /.../ʿmfẓ (Lundin 1965), while A. Jamme reads w-ḏt-Rbʿm w-Mfẓm (Jamme 1967 d).
Robin and Ryckmans 1982: 112 translate " (Contenance d'un quart et un peu plus (?)".
Following the editors mẓfrm could mean "une quantité, peut-être une petite quantité inférieure à l'unité".

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Container » Basin
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 72
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Balaq al-Janūbī
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lundin 1965: 18, 97Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1965. Die Eponymenliste von Saba (aus dem Stamme Halīl). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 5. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 248/1). Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Jamme 1967 d: 388-389, pl. IJamme, Albert W.F. 1967. The Sabaean Onomastic Lists from (?) Ṣirwâḥ in ʾArḥab (second half). Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 42: 361-406.
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982: 112, fig. 31, pl. 39/bRobin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982. Dédicace de bassins rupestres antiques à proximité de Bâb al-Falaǧ (Mârib). Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 107-115.