YM 483
Garbini 1975-1976: 697, pl. I/A-B
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Lḥyʿṯt w-H—
2 lkʾmr bn ʿ—
3 mʿhr rs²w S¹—
4 mʿ ḏ-Ẓbyt hq→ny Hwbs¹ wld-hmy |
5 w-qny-hmy |
| 5 | The line is inscribed at the top of the same side of l.4. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lḥyʿṯt and H ‒ 2 lkʾmr, sons of ʿ ‒ 3 mʿhr, priests of S¹ ‒ 4 mʿ ḏ-Ẓbyt, dedicated to 5 Hwbs¹ their children 6 and their properties. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 483 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 21, w. 24, th. 37 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jidfir ibn Munaykhir |
| Ancient site | Khlm |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1975-1976: 697, pl. I/A-B | Garbini, Giovanni 1975-1976. I primi 'Mukarrib' di Saba. Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph, 49: 692-706. |
| Wissmann 1982: 308-309, fig. 93 (facsimile) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |