CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 77, cat. 47

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  ʿrhmw b↯n ʿmʾns¹ bn ʿ—
   2  drn hqny ↯ʾlmqh Ṣdq—
   3  ʾmr b-ʿṯt↯r w-b ʾlmqh
   4  w-b ḏt-Ḥmym w-↯b ḏt-Bʿd—
   5  n w-b S¹m↯ʿ

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿrhmw son of ʿmʾns¹ of the banū
   2  ʿdrn dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṣdqʾmr,
   3  by ʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh
   4  and by ḏt-Ḥmym and by ḏt-Bʿdn
   5  and by S¹mʿ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 18346
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 118.5, w. 67
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJidfir ibn Munaykhir
Ancient siteKhlm
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh
NotesThe 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: 77, cat. 47Arbach, 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]