YM 22223
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 17
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [W](ʾl) [ḏ-Ġ](w)[ṯ] s³(lʾ)
2 ʿṯtr ḏ-[Grb mṣr]—
3 bn krb (bn)[-s¹ Ḥ](m)[h]—
4 (mw) b-(ywm )(ʾl)—
5 (nb)ṭ [Ydʿ]
| The photo is almost illegible. Arbach's reading was followed. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wʾl ḏ-Ġwṯ dedicated 2 to ʿṯtr ḏ-Grb the altar, 3 obligation of his son Ḥmhmw, 4 at the time of ʾlnbṭ 5 Ydʿ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 22223 |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar (mṣrb) |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 72, w. 30, th. 32 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 17, cat. 7 | 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] |