Schmidt 1982 d: 98, fig. 30
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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 Yq←dmʾl r←s²w Wd—
2 m hqny→ʾlkbr→w-b
3 Yṯʿ←ʾmr w←b Ḏmrʿly w-b→ʾlkrb→w-b
4 Ns²ʾ←yfʿ
Apparatus |
2 | The beginning of the closing formula with w-b instead of b- could indicate that the name of a god have been omitted by mistake. |
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TRANSLATIONS
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1 Yqdmʾl, Priest of Wd-
2 m, dedicated ʾlkbr. And by
3 Yṯʿʾmr, by Ḏmrʿly, by ʾlkrb, by
4 Ns²ʾyfʿ.
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Support type | Artefact » Altar |
Shape | Squared |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 30, w. 23, th. 13 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
Origin and provenanceModern site | Jabal Balaq al-Qiblī - Samsara |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Wd ḏ-Ms¹mʿm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Müller, Walter W. 1982 a: 103-104, fig. 30 | Müller, Walter W. 1982. Die Inschriften vom Tempel des Waddum ḏū-Masma'im. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 101-106.
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