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MAFRAY-Ṣirwāḥ 3
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982 a: pl. 42/c
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982 a: pl. 42/c
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982 a: pl. 42/d
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982 a: pl. 43/a
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 - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| On the palaeography of the text (A-B), see Robin and Ryckmans 1982 a: 120. |
TEXT
1 [.](ḥ)y bn Ḫwlm ← [h]qny (ʾl)m(q)[h]
2 (Y)bḥrʾl b-Mʿ→dkrb k(b)r ʾ[.]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [.]ḥy of the family Ḫwlm dedicated Ybḥrʾl to ʾlmqh. 2 By Mʿdkrb, kbr of ʾ[.]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. tot. 29.7, h. of the table 10.7, w. max. 22.5 (top), w. min. 19 (base), th. 22.5 (top) |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed upside-down in the façade of the mafraǧ of the sheikh ʿAbd Allāh az-Zāʾidī. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982 a: 120-121, pl. 42/c-d, 43/a | Robin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982. Inscriptions sabéennes de Ṣirwâḥ remployées dans la maison de ʿAbd Allâh az-Zâʾidî. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 117-122. |