Av. Manāsa 1
Avanzini 1986: pl. III/6
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The writing of the letter b with a horizontal trait suggests a dating to the 3rd century AD (Avanzini). |
TEXT
1 [... ...](m) w-Ṣbḥm w-[... ...]—
2 ʾl w-S¹lmn ḥwr Ytr[.]
3 hqḥw ḏn mq[ṭ]rn l-ʾs²ms¹-h—
4 [m](w) l-hʿll-hmw w-s²(fq)-hmw
| 2 | Notwithstanding the attestation of the ancient name of Aqmar "Ytrm" in Av. Aqmar 1, according to Avanzini a reading Ytr(m) should be discarded here in favour of Ytr(t). The interpretation is twofold: these are two graphic variants of the same toponym, or two different but similar toponyms. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]m and Ṣbḥm and [... ...]ʾl 2 and S¹lmn, inhabitants of Ytr[.] 3 finished off this incense burner for their solar gods 4 and may They protect them and give them abundance. |
| 4 | The reading s²fq-hmw is dubious. This would be the first attestation of the 02 stem of the denominative verb s²fq, from s²fq "abundance" (Avanzini). |
| Avanzini 1986: 202 | Avanzini, Alessandra 1986. La missione dell'Università di Firenze nello Yemen del Nord: notizie preliminari su alcuni risultati della campagna del dicembre 1985. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 9: 199-207. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner (mqṭr) |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 21 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Manāsa |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Mayfaʿat ʿAns |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inhabitants of the village affirmed a provenance of the ancient objects of Manāsa from the near site of Ḥammat Ḏiyāb. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1986: 202-203, pl. III/5-6 | Avanzini, Alessandra 1986. La missione dell'Università di Firenze nello Yemen del Nord: notizie preliminari su alcuni risultati della campagna del dicembre 1985. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 9: 199-207. |