MNAO 14284
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
- By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
- Garbini 1987: pl. 3
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 l-Ḫrfn ʾl—
2 h Ḥywt((ḥywt))
| 1 | Dextrograde ḫ. |
| 2 | Ḥywt is attested as a personal name. However, the epithets of a god are usually formed with names of places, sanctuaries or families. As a noun, ḥywt means "life" (but note the absence of nunation here). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 To Autumn, the god 2 of Ḥywt (of life?) |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Roma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 14284/17755 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 18, w. 15 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1987: 31, pl. 3 | Garbini, Giovanni 1987. Il dio "Autunno". Pages 29-34, pl. 3 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
| Messineo 2003: 68, cat. 36 | Messineo, Gaetano 2003. Profumi per gli dei dell'Arabia. Pages 67-69 in Paola D'Amore and Serafina Pennistrì (eds). Aromatica. Essenze, profumi e spezie tra Oriente e Occidente. Catalogo della Mostra, Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Roma 7 maggio - 8 luglio 2003. Rome: Elio de Rosa editore. |
| D'Amore 2012: 256, cat. 102 | D'Amore, Paola 2012. Catalogo. Arredi cultuali. Pages 256-258 in Sabina Antonini, Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Il trono della regina di Saba. Cultura e diplomazia fra Italia e Yemen. La Collezione Sudarabica del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale. Rome: Artemide. |