Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 7.8 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ...] and [L]ḥy and [... ...] 2 command of Wd; by the gods 3 of Maʿīn and Yṯl and by ʿm- 4 rym Ṣdq. And they committed 5 their inscription and their dedication 6 to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ḏ- 7 Yhrq and Dyṯ and S²mm 8 against anyone who may destroy it and 9 damage it. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
Material | Stone |
Measures | w. 33.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa |
Ancient site | Yhrq (?) |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq |
Link to site record |
Gnoli 1993: 72-74, pl. 7/a | Gnoli, Gherardo 1993. Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa. Con diciotto tavole fuori testo. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |