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Robin-Thulā 1 SR-Thulā 1


M. Marceau Gast
Robin 1994 a: pl. 35/1
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M. Marceau Gast
Robin 1994 a: pl. 35/1
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Rijziger 2017 a: 69, fig. 4

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

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   1  ʾbkrb w-Rbm w-Ys²bm b—
   2  nw Ys²bm qṭṭw w-hkln k—
   3  l nkl w-mqḥ mqbr-hmw Ẓll—
   4  m

Apparatus
2Robin 1994 a: 70: "le verbe qṭṭw n'est attesté que dans le texte lacunaire Gl 1188/3. [...] Les termes qṭṭw w-hkln impliquent qu'il s'agit d'un tombeau creusé dans la falaise, comme il y en a tant à proximité de Shibām-Kawkabān".

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾbkrb, Rbm and Ys²bm, of
   2  the family Ys²bm, hollowed out and finished all
   3  (stone) work and plastering of their tomb
   4  Ẓllm.
3Rijziger 2017 a: 68 prefers to translate mqḥ "to plaster" instead of "to complete".
Rijziger 2017 a: 68Rijziger, Sarah 2017. The first epigraphic evidence of the existence of Thulā in antiquity. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28: 67-74. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/1.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteThulā
Ancient siteṮly
Geographical areaShibām-Kawkabān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Tomb
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1994 a: 69-70, pl. 35/1Robin, Christian J. 1994. Documents de l'Arabie antique III. Raydān, 6: 69-90.
Rijziger 2017 a: 68-69, fig. 4Rijziger, Sarah 2017. The first epigraphic evidence of the existence of Thulā in antiquity. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28: 67-74. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/1.