Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 6.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
It is not sure if this text belongs to period A, but, as far as we know, the locution "b-hn l-" following the verb is found only in archaic penitential texts (Shaqab 19 and YM 10886). Yet, it is not clear if this is a merely chronological feature. |
1 | as bhn implies a plural subject, one should consider the possibility that ʿṯtryhn is a plural name (a nisbe?), or that there is a lacuna on the previous side of the altar. However, according to the editors, the text inscribed on three sides is complete. It is unsure whether ʿwhn is a name of group or a patronymic. |
English | |
1 [... ...] ʿṯtryhn sons of ʿwhn did penance to ʿhn because they should have made (?) a sacrifice for him and they didn't offer his nḏ (or: the nḏs¹). |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 24905 |
Support type | Artefact » Offering table » With plain gutter |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 7.5, w. 55.5, th. 39 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Link to site record |
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 98, cat. 65 | Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |
Rossi 2022: 328-331, 488, fig. 63 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |