CIAS 95.11/o 9 n° 3 Q 911; CSAI I, 127
CIAS: ii, 197
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]m w-ḏm wzʾt whb w-ws³f
2 [... ...] rṯdt Rṯd ḏt Ṣntm nfs¹
3 [... ...]fʿm w-qny-s¹ w-ṣlmt-s¹ bn ms¹n—
4 [krm ... ... b-ʿ]m w-b ʾnby w-b-ḏt Ṣntm w-b-ḏt (Ẓh)[rn]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and what She continued to grant and to make increase 2 [... ...]Rṯd committed to ḏt Ṣntm her life 3 [... ...]and her properties and her female statue against everyone who may dama- 4 ge it [... ...] by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2770 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 10, w. 18 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This woman called Rṯd left two dedications to the goddess ḏt Ṣntm (see also CSAI I, 143=MuB 206). There were divinities preferred by women in their dedications.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: ii, 197-198, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |