Taīrān 2000
Ṭaīrān 2000: 51
- Ṭaīrān 2000: 51
- Ṭaīrān 2000: 51
- Ṭaīrān 2000: 54
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Nhyt bn Mlk—
2 m hqny ḏ-S¹mwy
3 ḏ-ʾḏnn mfḥm—
4 n l-wfy-hw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nhyt son of Mlkm 2 dedicated to ḏ-S¹mwy 3 ḏ-ʾḏnn the incense burner 4 for his safety. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner (mfḥm) |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 38 (h. top 18, h. bottom 20), w. top 21, w. bottom 17.5-21 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏ-S¹mwy ḏ-ʾḏnn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ṭaīrān 2000: 50-58 (photos and facsimile); colour photo on the cover of the journal | Ṭaīrān, Sālim A. 2001. Maḏbaḥ baḫūr (mfḥm) ʿalay-hi naṣṣ ihdāʾī li-l-maʿbūd Ḏī Samāwī. Adūmātū, 1: 50-58. |