CIAS 95.11/o 8 n° 1
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 | 2.9 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿbdm Bklyn (h)[q]—
2 ny (ḏ)-S¹mwy ʾbln [l]-
3 (w)fy-hw w-wfy ʾbl-
4 [h]w Kʿybm (b)-(ḏ)-(S¹m)[wy]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbdm Bklyn dedicated 2 to ḏ-S¹mwy this camel, for 3 his safety and the safety of his 4 camel Kʿybm, by ḏ-S¹mwy. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 230=AM 222 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 13, w. 20, th. 7.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: ii, 193-194, 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] |