CIAS 95.11/o 9 n° 2
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 [... ... S²]bʿn ẓ(lmn) [... ...]
3 [... ...]mḥrmn S²bʿn w-ʿm[...](s²m) [... ...]
4 [... ... by]tn Kwkbn w-s²ʿb-hmw
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1463 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 23.5, w. 25, th. 8 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²qm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl S²bʿn |
| Notes | Origin assumed on the basis of the mention of Almaqah's sanctuary S²bʿn. The catalogue reports a provenance from Timnaʿ. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: ii, 195, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |