al-Jawf 04.9
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 5/10
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 ca. | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription is a penitential text. |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿr ʾgr w-S¹ʿr
2 [.]myn w-Lḥy w-Y—
3 [... ...] w-bh(n)-(s¹)m w-(b)—
4 [... ...](m) ʾhl Ẓwnn
5 [... ...] (w)-Mʿthn nt—
6 [ḫy] (w)-(n)tḏr (k)-(Nk)rḥ (s²)—
7 ymh-s¹m b-ḏt (ḫ)ṭʾ[ .]—
8 r[...] s²ʿ(r) [.](hn)-(s¹) w-
9 kw(n) [ḏn nḫ](ynn)[ b-ʾ](m)r(h) [N]—
10 k(r)*ḥ* [.]w
| 4 | Ṯwnn (Arbach). The stone is slightly damaged and the reading uncertain, but cf. YM 28980, l.2. |
| 6-7 | Nkrḥm ṯmhqm (Arbach). |
| 7-8 | yṭ(l) wr[.]ṯm ṣ[... ...] (Arbach). |
| 8 | probably s²ʿr bhn-s¹. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿr ʾgr and S¹ʿr 2 Qmyn and Lḥy and 3 Y[..]ʾl and their sons [... ...] 4 [... ...] the clan of Ṯwnn 5 [... ...] and Mʿthn confessed 6 and did penance to Nkrḥ, 7 their Patron, with regards to the fact that they committed sin 8 [... ...] 9 [this confes]sion took place by the command of 10 Nkrḥ [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela |
| Top | Concave |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 38, w. 20, th. 7.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The epigraph probably comes from the temple Brn, dedicated to Nkrḥ. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 22-23, pl. 5/10 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic] |