RES 3993 Ja 421
Ja 421
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
- Ja 421
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome - RES 3993
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 53, figs 27-28
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.5-6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
GENERAL NOTES
| Ja 421 is only a part of RES 3993. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]bn S¹ḫymm ʾq—
2 [wl ... ...] s²lṯ ḏ-Hgrm
3 [... ...]m ṣlmynh[n]
4 [...](q)ny-hw (l)-↯[... ...]↯-(h)mw w-wf(y)
5 s²ʿb-hmw ḏ-S²b↯[... ... ]↯w-l s¹ʿd-(h)[m]—
6 (w) nʿmtm w-bry↯[ ... ...]↯(ḏ)[... ...]
7 [...](m w)-(l s¹ʿd)-(h)[mw ... ...]
| The beginning of ll.4-6 and l.7 are Ja 421. | |
| 1-2 | Possible restoration, on the basis of Ja 413 from Shibām al-Ghirās: ʾq[wl s²ʿbn S¹mʿy] s²lṯ ḏ-Hgrm. Empty (?) space between l. 2 and l. 3. |
| 3 | Possible restoration: [hqnyw s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rym]m. |
| 6-7 | w-bry[ ʾʾ](ḏ)[nm w-mqy][mt]m (Mordtmann and Mittwoch). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Roma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 13018/16030 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | Ja 421: h. 25, w. 27.4 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The two stones were fragments of a wall. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 53-54, figs 27-28 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Ansaldi 1933: fig. 86 (Ja 421) | Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche. |
| Jamme 1956 a: 39-41, pl. IV/421 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120. |