YM 18355
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 86, cat. 54
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ḫls¹mʿ bn Ṣbḥm ʿbd
2 S¹mhʿly hqny
3 ʾlmqh ʿmydʿ
| 1 | Is inscribed on an intermediate frame of the false-window motif, while the rest of the text is engraved on the most recessed surface, underneath the crescent with disc. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḫls¹mʿ son of Ṣbḥm, 2 servant of S¹mhʿly, dedicated 3 to ʾlmqh ʿmydʿ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 18355 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Top | Concave |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 100, w. 55, th. 18 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Saʿūd |
| Ancient site | Ktlm |
| Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
| Notes | The editors maintains Jidfir ibn Munaykhir as the site of provenance, because the stela is part of a group of pieces acquired by the GOAM as coming from illegal excavation in the site. However, we accept Schiettecatte's suggestion that some of these stelae most probably come from the nearby sites of Kharibat Saʿūd and al-Asāḥil (see Schiettecatte 2011: 49, n.25 for the argumentation). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 86, cat. 54 | Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |