Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
|
English | |
1 [... ...] temple of Hwbs¹, when he made offerings to Hw- 2 bs¹ and celebrated the ritual banquet for ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn and [... ...] |
1 | nyl according to Müller 1993: 23 means "to join" and alludes to a sacred marriage between the king and the deity. |
Müller, Walter W. 1993: 23 | Müller, Walter W. 1993. Heilige Hochzeit im antiken Südarabien. Pages 15-28 in André Gingrich, Johann Heiss, Sylvia Haas, Gabriele Paleczek and Thomas Fillitz (eds). Studies in Oriental Culture and History. Festschrift for Walter Dostal. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Masājid |
Ancient site | Mʿrbm |
Geographical area | Wādī Yalā |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Yaʿrā |
Ancient site | Yʿrtm |
Geographical area | al-Jūba |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Notes | The modern village of Yaʿrā is located at 10 km East from the site of al-Masājid. |
Link to site record |
Gnoli 1987: 443-444, fig. 2 | Gnoli, Gherardo 1987. South Arabian Notes, 2. East and West, 37: 441-450. |
Müller, Walter W. 1993: 23 | Müller, Walter W. 1993. Heilige Hochzeit im antiken Südarabien. Pages 15-28 in André Gingrich, Johann Heiss, Sylvia Haas, Gabriele Paleczek and Thomas Fillitz (eds). Studies in Oriental Culture and History. Festschrift for Walter Dostal. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. |