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Muḥāfaẓat Mārib 11
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 | 7.4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Ḏmrʿly Ḏrḥ mlk S¹b(ʾ) [w-ḏ-]
2 Rydn bn Krbʾl Wtr s²m
3 tqyf ʿfwn w-(N)bl(n) (y)wm h—
4 (yʿ) ḥrmt ʿdy Ṣrw(ḥ)
| 3 | ʿfwn and Nbln are probably places where the procession arrives. |
TRANSLATIONS
| German | |
1 Ḏamarʿalī Ḏarīḥ, der König von Sabaʾ [und ḏū-] 2 Raydān, der Sohn des Karibʾil Watar, hat 3 den Qayf-Altar der ʿFWN und NBLN errichtet, als er 4 einen rituellen Umzug nach Ṣirwāḥ unternahm. |
| Nebes 2018: 464-470 | Nebes, Norbert 2018. Der rituelle Umzug des Yadaʿʾil Ḏariḥ nach Ṣirwāḥ. Pages 461-478 in Laïla Nehmé and Ahmad al-Jallad (eds). To the Madbar and back again. Studies in the languages, archaeology, and cultures of Arabia dedicated to Michael C.A. Macdonald. (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistic, 92). Leiden: Brill / Boston: Brill. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 34, w. 75 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The altar was seen by the editor in 1997 in the warehouse (Muḥāfaẓat) in Marib. In 2004 it was placed not far from the new dam. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Notes | According to Muḥammad Muṣliḥ al-ʿIzzī (at the time director of Marib), the object comes from Ṣirwāḥ. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Nebes 2018: 463-470, figs 4, 5 | Nebes, Norbert 2018. Der rituelle Umzug des Yadaʿʾil Ḏariḥ nach Ṣirwāḥ. Pages 461-478 in Laïla Nehmé and Ahmad al-Jallad (eds). To the Madbar and back again. Studies in the languages, archaeology, and cultures of Arabia dedicated to Michael C.A. Macdonald. (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistic, 92). Leiden: Brill / Boston: Brill. |