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Qarn al-Muraytikh
SITE INFORMATION
| Ancient name | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Governorate | Mārib |
| Kingdom | Sabaʾ |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 15° 21' 00" Longitude: 45° 13' 00" |
| Type of site | Modern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts |
| Tribe | S¹bʾ |
| Deities | ʿṯtr Hbs¹ Hwbs¹ ʾlmqh |
| Structures | Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Sabaic |
| Location and toponomy | Hamlet located approximately 10 km SW of Marib and now uncovered by the water of the reservoir lake of the modern dam in Maʾrib. |
| History of research | 1880's: E. Glaser: copy of inscriptions : Gl 1102 ; Gl 1103 ; Gl 1104 ; Gl 1105 ; Gl 1110 |
| General description | 5 fragmentary inscriptions possibly from 3 different texts are reemployed, one of them at least comes from the rampart of Maʾrib city (Gl 1110). The others may also com from that city. |
| Chronology | The palaeography of the inscriptions is charaterized by th style A (8th-6th cent. BC) |
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RELATED SITES
| west of Khuraybat Raḥāba (Unknown) |
RELATED MATERIAL
| Epigraphs
Objects |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner and Solá Solé 1961: 38-39, pl. XX/2 | Höfner, Maria and Solá Solé, Josep M. 1961. Inschriften aus dem Gebiet zwischen Mārib und dem Ǧōf. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 2. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 238/3). Vienna: H. Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. |
| Tschinkowitz 1969: 8, pl. II | Tschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission. |