Gr 244 Ḥumayrāʾ 1; MAFY-al-Ḥumayrā' 2
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 207
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5-6 | ||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ḥmdlt ḏt
2 Rʿlm hqnyt
3 ʾlhn mqṭrn
4 w-mḥḍrtn l-s¹[ʿ]
5 d-h nʿm—
6 tm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥmdlt of 2 Rʿlm dedicated 3 to ʾlhn the incense burner 4 and the libation table (?): may 5 He grant her prospe- 6 rity. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner (mqṭr) |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 28, w. 17, th. 14 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ḥumayrāʾ |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlhn |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 88, photo 207 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |