MAFRAY-Darb aṣ-Ṣabī 16
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] s¹[... ...]
2 [... ...] (t)ḥt [.](k)[... ...]
3 [... ...](dm b)-ʿs¹ (m)wt[... ...]
4 [... ... nt](ḫ)y w-ntḏr w-ʿt[.](n)w [... ...]
5 [... ...](f)tqd w-tlw mrḍw(hy) [Nkrḥ ... ...]
6 [... ... ]nḫynn b-ʾmr(h) (w)-[mrḍwhy Nkrḥ]
7 [b-m]s¹ʾl [b-g]wbn
| 5-6 | the editors integrate [Nkrḥ w-kwn ḏn]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] under [... ...] 3 [... ...] during the deadly epidemic [... ...] 4 [... ...] confessed, did penance and humiliated [... ...] 5 [... ... ] the loss (?) and the absence of approvals [of Nkrḥ and occurred this] 6 confession by the command and with [the approvals of Nkrḥ] 7 in an oracular response in the gwb. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 25, w. 25 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Darb aṣ-Ṣabī |
| Ancient site | Fṯʿn |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Nkrḥ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin, Breton and Ryckmans, Jacques 1988: 126-128, pl. 8/b | Robin, Christian J., Breton, Jean-François and Ryckmans, Jacques 1988. Le sanctuaire minéen de Nkrḥ à Darb aṣ-Ṣabî (environs de Barâqiš). Rapport préliminaire (seconde partie). Étude des inscriptions. Raydān, 5: 91-158. |