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Ja 2828 MaN 32; Schm/MA 62
Jamme 1976: pl.1/2828
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 | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 17.9 |
TEXT
1 [Yd]ʿʾl Ḏrḥ mlk [S¹bʾ bn... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h.22, w. 64.5 |
| 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 | Jamme relates that the stone inscription was reused in a small window in 1951. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1976: 9, pl. 1 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
| Wissmann 1982: 316 | 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.)] |
| Schmidt 1987: 140 | Schmidt, Jürgen 1987. Antiken aus dem Stadtgebiet von Mārib. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 131-142. |