YM 29831
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 51, cat. 29
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [...]tʿ ḏ-(Y)—
2 [..]r ʾnbʾy—
3 n hqn(y )(S¹)m—
4 ʿ mq[...] (b)-
5 krb t(kr)[b]
6 (l)-bn-hw (Ḥ)[.]—
7 ʿṯt w-rṯ[d]
8 S¹mʿ kl wl—
9 d-hw
| 4 | The editors read mq(ṣ)[..]. |
| 6-7 | The editors read Ḥm(m)ʿṯt. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [...]tʿ ḏ-Y‒, 2 [..]r, the one of Inabbaʾ, 3 dedicated to S¹m‒ 4 ʿ [.....] as 5 an obligation he undertook 6 for his son Ḥ[.]‒ 7 ʿṯt and he committed 8 to the protection of S¹mʿ all 9 his children. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 29831 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 59, w. 21, th. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Inabbaʾ |
| Ancient site | ʾnbʾ |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S¹mʿ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 51, cat. 29 | Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |