A 40-3 TYA 16
Ryckmans, Jacques, Müller, Walter W. and ʿAbdallāh 1994: pls 16/A-B
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Minuscule writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Prayer |
TEXT
1 ʾlmqh-bʿl-S²bʿn yhmlʾn ʿ—
2 bd-hw Tbʿkrb l-gzy bn—
3 y-hw Ġḍbm w-Ṯwrm bn(y)
4 Mqrm wrḫ ḏ-ʿṯtr w-
5 bn-hw ys¹tkbn nʿmtm
| 1 | ʾlmqhw (ḏ-)ys²y(m)n (editors). |
| 3 | [bn] (editors). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 May ʾlmqh, the Lord of (the temple) S²bʿn, grant (an oracular decision) to 2 His servant Tbʿkrb concerning the decision about his two sons 3 Ġḍbm and Ṯwrm, sons of 4 (the clan) Mqrm, (in) the month ḏ-ʿṯtr. And 5 therefrom he will seek luck. |
| Stein 2006 b: 187 | Stein, Peter 2006. The Ancient South Arabian minuscule inscriptions on wood. A new genre of pre-Islamic epigraphy. Jaarbericht van het vooraziatisch-egyptisch Genootschap "Ex Oriente Lux", 39: 181-199. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-40-3 |
| Support type | Stick |
| Material | Wood |
| Measures | h. 2.5, l. 5, th. 2.5 |
| 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 |
CULTURAL NOTES
According to Stein these kinds of texts are related to cult practice and probably were used by priests as notes to help them perform the correct rituals.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Jacques, Müller, Walter W. and ʿAbdallāh 1994: 66-67 pls 16/A-B | Ryckmans, Jacques, Müller, Walter W. and ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1994. Textes du Yémen antique inscrits sur bois (with an English Summary). (Publications de l'Institut orientaliste de Louvain, 43). Louvain: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste. |
| Stein 2006 b: 187 | Stein, Peter 2006. The Ancient South Arabian minuscule inscriptions on wood. A new genre of pre-Islamic epigraphy. Jaarbericht van het vooraziatisch-egyptisch Genootschap "Ex Oriente Lux", 39: 181-199. |