al-Jawf 04.17
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 8/18
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription is dated by the editors to the 1st century AD. |
TEXT
1 [... ...](wz)ʿ ʾt(mm)[... ...]
2 Gdnm hqny ʾlmq(h)
3 bʿl S²bʿn frs¹n (w)-[r]—
4 kb-hw l-wfy-hmw [w-l-w]—
5 fy bny-hw Yhʿ[n .—
6 .] (b)-S²bʿn bny S²d[... ...]
7 s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm[ ... ...]
8 [.]r ṣdqm w-rḍw [...-h]—
9 mw Whbʿṯt w-B[... ...]
10 bny Gdnm w-b ʿṯtr [w-ʾlm]—
11 qh w-ḏt Ḥmym w-ḏ(t)[ Bʿ]—
12 (d)nm w-b-ḏt (Ns²q)[m]
| 1 | The reading of the line on the photograph is difficult. We followed the editors' reading. |
| 6 | At the beginning of hte line the editors read [..]h b-S²bʿn. |
| 9 | There could be trace of a first letter in the line, before mw. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 Gdnm dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 Master of S²bʿn this horse and his 4 rider so that He may protect them and He may protect 5 his sons Yhʿ[n .] 6 [.] in S²bʿn descendants of (or, he built) S²d[... ...] 7 grant them favours 8 [... ...] good and satisfy their [... ...] 9 Whbʿṯt and B[... ...] 10 descendants of Gdnm; by ʿṯtr [and ʾlm]‒ 11 qh and ḏt Ḥmym and ḏt [Bʿ]‒ 12 dnm and by ḏt Ns²q[m]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 48, w. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²qm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl S²bʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 32-33, pl. 8/18 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic] |