| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
| English | |
1 [...ʿ]ṯt and his sons ʾgrm and Ḏkʾmr 2 descendants of the clan dhū-Ḥbb dedicated to Almaqah, master of 3 the ibexes of Ṣirwāḥ, this statue in bronze for the wellbeing of 4 their son Hnʾm, and so that Almaqah may multiply to them 5 male and healthy children |
| Prioletta, Hull and Blumell 2019: 245 | Prioletta, Alessia, Hull, Kerry and Blumell, Lincoln H. 2019. The ancient South Arabian collection at Tokai University (Japan) and a miscellaneous item. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 12: 245-258. |
| Deposit | Kanagawa (Japan), Tokai University, Tokai Suzuki-ASA no. 1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 19.75, w. 32.25, th. 7.25 |
| Link to object record |
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwʿl Ṣrwḥ |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
| Prioletta, Hull and Blumell 2019: 245-247, figs 1/a-c | Prioletta, Alessia, Hull, Kerry and Blumell, Lincoln H. 2019. The ancient South Arabian collection at Tokai University (Japan) and a miscellaneous item. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 12: 245-258. |