Lu 3
Sharafaddīn 1961: 19
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 1.8-2.5 |
TEXT
1 ḫlt S²wfḥr—
2 m ḏt ʿrrn w-l-
3 tḥgrn ʿly ʾwl—
4 d-hw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Funeral monument of S²wfḥrm, 2 of the family ʿrrn; may it be preserved for her 3 children. |
| 2-4 | Jamme translates "and may it remain interdicted thanks to her children"; Lundin: "but this will be shut out against his children". |
| Jamme 1976: 124 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 333 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque (ḫlt) |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 19.5, w. 18.8, th. 2.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿAmrān |
| Ancient site | ʿmrn |
| Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Sharafaddīn 1961: 19 (top left) | Sharafaddīn, Aḥmad H. 1961. Yemen. Arabia Felix. Taʿizz. |
| Lundin 1963 a: 38-39, fig. 2 | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1963. Novye južnoarabskie nadpisi muzeja v Ṣanʿa (I). Epigrafika Vostoka, 15: 36-50. |
| Jamme 1976: 124 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
| Jamme 1985: 246-247 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |