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MAFRAY-al-Balaq al-Janūbī 6 C Gl A 601 b; Gl 1714
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982: pl. 40/c
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 31 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| On the external wall of the central rectangular basin. |
TEXT
1 Mrfdm
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Basin |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | w. 72 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Janūbī |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Lundin 1965: 18, 97, pl. V/2 | Lundin (=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: 387-388 | Jamme, 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: 113, fig. 31, pls 38/a-c, 40/a | Robin, 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. |