DASI ID: ID: 8784
Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 52 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Ḏmrʿly Ynf, mkrb of Sabaʾ, son of Ykrbmlk Wtr, built, laid foundations 2and completed the basin Byḥn (for) the canalization system and the sluice of his property Hdṯtn 3in Ys¹rn, and let nobody claim against Ḏmrʿly regarding this basin as a canalization system and a water distribution.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Granite
Measures: h. 28, w. 130
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Blitzbündel and Doppelgriffel
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: King
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Spatial
Site: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
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