Nefer 1 CSAI I, 180
Bron 1990: 105, fig.1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]ḏw Hwfʿm w-bnw
2 [... ... s¹qnyw ]ks³wty mwg<l>n ʾl—
3 [hn ... ... ʿd mḥd-s¹m]y Ḫrf b-Myfʿ
4 [... ...]n ʾʾḏn-s¹my
| For the integrations at lines 2-3 and 3 see MuB 650=CSAI I, 149. | |
| 2 | we suppose that mwgn is a engraver's mistake for mwgln "alabaster". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]both sons of Hwfʿm and of the family 2 [... ...] dedicated two alabaster slabs to ʾl- 3 hn [... ...] in their chapel Ḫrf in Myfʿ 4 [... ...] their faculties. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Zürich, Nefer Gallery, 1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab (ks³wt) |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 35, w. 18 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Mayfaʿ |
| Ancient site | Myfʿ |
| Geographical area | Markha |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlhn ʿd Ḫrf |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 1990: 104-106, fig. 1 | Bron, François 1990. Nouvelles antiquités qatabanites. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 1/2: 104-109. |