Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 7 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 Ṣdqʾmr son of Ḏrʾm of the banū 2 Mḥwrm dedicated to ʾlmqh Lḥy, by 3 ʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh and by ḏt 4 Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdn and by S¹mʿ and 5 by Ydʿʾl. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 18345 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 117.5, w. 74, th. 9.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Jidfir ibn Munaykhir |
Ancient site | Khlm |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
Notes | The stela comes from the intra muros temple of ʾlmqh in Jidfir ibn Munayḫir, according to the editors. |
Link to site record |
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 75-76, cat. 46 | 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] |