YM 18349
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 80, cat. 50
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 | 7 | ||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Yḥmʾl bn ʿmʿns¹ bn ʿ—
2 drn hqny ʾlmqh Yh—
3 qm b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh
4 w-b ḏt-Ḥmym w-b ḏt-Bʿ—
5 dn w-b S¹mʿ
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yḥmʾl son of ʿmʾns¹ of the banū 2 ʿdrn dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 Yhqm, by ʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh 4 and by ḏt-Ḥmym and by ḏt-Bʿdn 5 and by S¹mʿ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 18349 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 118, w. 71, th. 11 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jidfir ibn Munaykhir |
| Ancient site | Khlm |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
| Notes | The stela comes from the intra muros temple of ʾlmqh in Jidfir ibn Munayḫir, according to the editors. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 80, cat. 50 | 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] |