Y.85.AQ/17 Eryani 43
Garbini 1988: pl. 45
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
TEXT
1 ʾlt s³ʾkt Gḥmt
2 ḏt byt Yṯʿʾmr
3 ʾ(m)t-hw ʾrydy w-Dnm
4 /20/
| 3 | According to Garbini, the reading of the word ʾmt is uncertain, it could be also read ʾṯt. In both cases, it is a noun indicating the wife of the mukarrib, but with a different social status. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 These has captured Gḥmt, 2 of the house of Yṯʿʾmr, 3 his maidservant, at ʾrydy and Dnm: 4 20. |
| 3 | Garbini: his bride. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shiʿb al-ʿAql |
| Ancient site | Dnm (?) / ʾrydy (?) |
| Geographical area | Wādī Yalā |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1988: 30-31, pl. 45 | Garbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO. |
| Jamme 1989: 78-79 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202034#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |