Shaqab 2
Gnoli 1993: pl. 7/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 7.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...]
2 [.]ṯr w-[.]ḥ(y) w-[... ...]
3 ʾmr Wd (b)-ʾ(lʾl)[t]
4 (M)ʿn w-Yṯl w-b ʿm—
5 rym Ṣdq w-rṯd
6 s¹ṭr-s¹mn w-s³lʾ-s¹(m)—
7 (n) ʿṯtr S²rqn w-(ḏ)-[Y]—
8 hrq w-Dyṯ w-S²mm [b]—
9 (n) ḏ-ys¹fʾy-s¹ w-ḏ y{s¹}—
10 s¹nkr-s¹
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ...] and [L]ḥy and [... ...] 2 command of Wd; by the gods 3 of Maʿīn and Yṯl and by ʿm- 4 rym Ṣdq. And they committed 5 their inscription and their dedication 6 to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ḏ- 7 Yhrq and Dyṯ and S²mm 8 against anyone who may destroy it and 9 damage it. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | w. 33.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa |
| Ancient site | Yhrq (?) |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
It is interesting that the two territories in l. 8 (ḏhb, as they are defined in RES 3943/3-4) Dyṯ and S²mm could receive, like the previously mentioned gods, the commitment of an inscription. They were probably sacred territories.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Gnoli 1993: 72-74, pl. 7/a | 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] |