DASI ID: ID: 3960
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"Calvet and Robin 1997: 138, cat. 67"
Text:
Translations:
1ʾls²rḥ descendant of Klbm the stonemasons (?) and Nṣrm [... ...] vassals of the banū 2ḏ-S¹ḥr restored and repaired [their ?] grave [... ...] 3the banū ḏ-S¹ḥr, and they repaired it [... ...] and they committed 4it to ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm [... ...].
Translation Notes:
1Robin thinks that grbtn is a plural of grbyn agreeing in number with the clan's name.
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 10, w. 47.7, th. 9.7
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: RES 627
Spatial
Site: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Paris
institution: Louvre Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: AO 5962=MNB 996
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