A-20-750
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... b]n Yṯʿkrb s³lʾ[ ... ...]
2 [... ...] b-krb s¹brr k-B[... ...]
3 [... ...](l) w-b ʾḏn ʾrny[dʿ ... ...]
4 [... ...]s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹[ ... ...]
| 2 | For the reading k-B[... ...], as opposed to kb[... ...], see Rossi 2022: 145. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] son of Yṯʿkrb, dedicated [... ...] 2 [... ...] under the obligation (the god) has released for B[... ...] 3 [... ...] and may be under the goodwill of ʾrnydʿ [... ...] 4 [... ...] and his faculties [... ...]. |
| 3-4 | While the first occurrence of the noun ʾḏn refers to the divine faculties (power, goodwill) of ʾrnydʿ, the second occurrence most probably refers to the faculties (capabilities) of the author, which he wishes to place under the authority of the god (Rossi 2022: 145). |
| Rossi 2022: 145 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-750 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 24, w. 34, th. 8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rossi 2022: 145, 462, fig. 16 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |