YM 22225
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 18
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾlḏ(rʾ)( bn )Mhr(b)—
2 wm ḏ-Ḫyfm s²wʿ ʿ—
3 ṯtr ḏ-Grb w-ḏ-Rṣf
4 s³lʾ ʿṯtr ḏ-Gr[b]
5 | mṣrbnyhn
6 | ʿs²r krb s¹—
7 brr k-s¹ b-y—
8 wm ʾlmnbṭ
9 Ydʿ
| The new reading, with respect to the edition in 2007, is proposed here on the basis of the original photograph of the object, which has been kindly provided by M. Arbach. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlḏrʾ, son of Mhrbwm, 2 of the family Ḫyfm, priest of 3 ʿṯtr ḏ-Grb and ḏ-Rṣf, dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Grb 4 these two altars 5 as a tithe, obligation from which He 6 released him, at the 7 time of ʾlnbṭ 8 Ydʿ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 22225 |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar (mṣrb) |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 72,w. 31, th. 31 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 18, cat. 8 | Arbach, 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] |