DhM 386
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| This text is very significant. In fact, it is a dedication made to Nbṭʿṯtr, whose only attestation so far in Minaic was found in Y.92.B.A 28 from Baraqish ("s³lʾ ʾhln Nbṭʿṯtr"). There Robin, interpreting ʾhln as an aberrant form for ʾlhn, considered Nbṭʿṯtr as a previously unknown god, fact which seems to be confirmed by this new text. On the basis of this comparison, a provenance of DhM 386 from Baraqish becomes then much probable. |
TEXT
1 [..](d)ʾl w-bhn-(s¹w)
2 bhny Hnʾ ḏ-ʿ(ḏ)[..]—
3 n s³lʾ Nbṭʿṯ[tr b]—
4 ḥtn ywm nhm[ ... ...]
| 1 | the final w, though being much eroded, is still visible on the stone. |
| 2-3 | the clan name could be integrated as ḏ-ʿḏ[bt]n (see as-Sawdāʾ 12: 2). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [..]dʾl and his sons, 2 descendants of Hnʾ of ʿḏ[..]- 3 n dedicated to Nbṭʿṯtr this 4 slab, when he made the polishing of the stone for (?) [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 386 |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 19, w. 25, th. 7 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |