Ja 340 TC 1171; Q 487; CSAI I, 163
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| No image was available for this object. After the photograph made by CASIS, the inscription is now dated at period B (perhaps at B2) only on the basis of palaeography (as we have no relevant elements from the text). |
TEXT
1 Yṣrʿm w-Ġwṯʾl ḏw-ʿhlm s¹qnyw ʾnby
2 S²ymn ʿd Rṣfm ṣlmn l-ḏtm tkrb-
3 s¹ l-bn-s¹<m>y Ḥywm rṯdw ʾnby b—
4 n-s¹my Ḥywm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yṣrʿm and Ġwṯʾl, of the family ʿhlm, dedicated to ʾnby 2 S²ymn in (the temple of) Rṣfm this statue as they asked 3 Him for their son Ḥywm; they have committed to ʾnby their 4 son Ḥywm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 441=AM 407 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 15, w. 27, th. 6 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾnby S²ymn bʿl Rṣfm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 181-183, 247, facsimile | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires. |