CIAS 49.10/o 1 n° 4 RES 3902 N° 159bis + unpublished fragment; Ja 109; CSAI III, 5
CIAS: ii, 153
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...](ḏ)t-Ḍġyṯt ʾḫ[t Yṣdq]—
2 [ʾl Frʿm S²r](ḥ)ʿt mlk ʾws¹[n s¹qny]—
3 [t mrʾ-s¹ Yṣd]qʾl Frʿm (S²)[rḥʿt]
4 [bn Wdm ṣl]m ḏhbm ʿ[d mḥrm-s¹]
5 [Nʿmn ḥg w]qh ʾb-s¹ Wdm b-ms¹ʾl-s¹
| 3 | Pirenne integrates ʾḫ-s¹ at the end of the line. |
| 4 | Syntactically is more correct to integrate: ṣlm]m. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]she of Ḍġyṯt sister of Yṣdq- 2 ʾl Frʿm S²rḥʿt king of Awsan dedicated 3 to her lord Yṣdqʾl Frʿm S²rḥʿt 4 son of Wdm a bronze statuette in His temple 5 Nʿmn as his father Wdm ordered in His oracle. |
| Avanzini 2004 a: 541 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2451 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 16.5, w. 12.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Markha |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Wdm ḏ-S¹bln ʿd Nʿmn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This inscription is commissioned as a dedication for the king Yṣdqʾl by his sister. Perhaps, CIAS 49.10/o 1 n. 3 is also commissioned by this woman.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: ii, 153-154, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |