al-Jawf 04.13
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 5/14
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Chronology: period C or D. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ʿ]—
2 qbm Mʾḏnyn (m)—
3 qtwy mlkn hqny (ʾ)—
4 lmqh-bʿl-S²bʿn ṣl—
5 mn ḏ-ḏhbn l-hʿnn-
6 hw bn s¹dmn b-ʾlm—
7 qh-bʿl-S²bʿn |
| 1 | The restoration ʿqmn is proposed by the editors. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ... ʿ]‒ 2 qbm, the one from Mʾḏn, mqtwy 3 of the king, dedicated to 4 ʾlmqh Master of S²bʿn the statue 5 in bronze, so that He may protect 6 him from ill-health; by 7 ʾlmqh Master of S²bʿn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 18, w. 12.7, th. 9 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²qm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl S²bʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 25-26, pl. 5/14 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic] |