Shaqab 8
Gnoli 1993: pl. 11
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 mrṯd ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm w-Wdm w-(Nk)rḥm
2 w-ʿṯtr ʾl Yhrq w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn w-kl ʾlʾlt ʾs²ʿbm
3 ḏ-ʾlm w-s²ymm w-ḥblm w-ḥmrm bytn w-ʾḫṭb-s¹ w-m—
4 ḥwlt-s¹ w-mbnyt-s¹m bn ḏ-yḫbl-s¹m b-ḍrm w-s¹lmm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Put under the protection of ʿṯtr S²rqn, ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wdm, Nkrḥm, 2 ʿṯtr god of Yhrq, ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, of all the tribal gods, 3 of the god and the patron, and the pact and the alliance, the temple, its construction corps, its boundary 4 walls and their buildings, against anyone who may damage them in war and in peace. |
| Gnoli 1993 | Gnoli, Gherardo 1993. Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa. Con diciotto tavole fuori testo. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa |
| Ancient site | Yhrq (?) |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Gnoli 1993: 84-86, pl. 11 | Gnoli, Gherardo 1993. Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa. Con diciotto tavole fuori testo. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |