as-Sawdāʾ 80 RES 2917; M 139
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
- By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
- Müller, David H. 1899: pl. 7
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]ʾt(l)-(s¹ r)[..](r)[..]
2 [... ...] b-ḍr ʾmr k-kl ʾh—
3 [gr... ... ... ...]rd ms²mn (ʾ)ṣb(ʿ) (k)-
4 [... ... ʾ]ṣbʿ k-ʿbd w-S²rḥ w-
5 [... ...](m) w-Zydlt bny Zydʾ—
6 [l ... ... ]Ḥrm w-Mrṯd bhny Ḥ—
7 [... ... w-... ...]d bn Yʾws¹ʾl w-(ʾ)[.]—
8 [... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 11 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 23, w. 26 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The provenance is uncertain: as-Sawdāʾ, according to Halévy; Nihm (Quṭwa), according to Glaser. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, David H. 1899: pl. 7 | Müller, David H. (ed.) 1899. Südarabische Altertümer im Kunsthistorischen Hofmuseum. Vienna: Alfred Hölder. [Im Auftrage und mit Unterstützung des Oberstlämmerer-Amtes seiner K. und K. Apost. Majestät] |
| Avanzini 1995: 199-201, pl. 41/b | Avanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |