YM 11191
Avanzini 2000: pl. 3/b; Arbach and Audouin 2007: 8, cat. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Avanzini puts forward two chronological hypothesis for this text, both in period A: the first one before S¹mhyfʿ Ys¹rn, while the second after his reign. The latter suits better the palaeographical analysis and the phraseology of the text, which shows some peculiar features of the latest Madhabic dedicatory texts. |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ... ]Nbṭʾl
2 [... ... ʾ](r)nydʿ
3 [... ... ʾk](rb) ktrb
4 hn yftd↯yn s¹ʾl w-k—
5 wn ʾs¹(d)↯ ʾṯr ʾb-s¹m
6 Nbṭ↯ʾl w-yftdy s¹(ʾ)—
7 l (b)-↯ʾrnydʿ w-b ʿ↯(ṯ)[t]—
8 r ḏ-Grbm w-b Wd↯m w-b
9 ḏt Ns²qm w-b M↯lkwq—
10 h Ryd mlk N↯s²n w-b Yd—
11 ʿʾb Yfs² w-↯rṯd ʾrny—
12 dʿ ʾwld-s¹↯m w-qny-s¹m
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ...] Nbṭʾl 2 [... ...] have dedicated to ʾrnydʿ 3 [... ...] fulfilling the duties they had (towards the god) 4 to fulfill the order of the oracle, and he was the one who 5 came after their father 6 Nbṭʾl to fulfill the oracle. 7 For ʾrnydʿ and ʿṯtr 8 ḏ-Grbm and for Wdm and for 9 ḏt Ns²qm and for Mlkqwh 10 Ryd king of Ns²n and for Ydʿʾb 11 Yfs² and put under the protection of ʾrnydʿ 12 their descendants and possessions. |
| 4-8 | "les offrandes qu'ils ont promises s'ils rachetaient l'obligation et il y eut ceux (qui vinrent) après leur père Nbṭʾl et ils rachetèrent l'obligation" (Bron 2010 b: 41). |
| Avanzini 2000 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2000. Two inscriptions from Nashshan: new data on the history of the town. Pages 1231-1247 in Simonetta Graziani (ed.). Studi sul vicino oriente antico dedicati alla memoria di Luigi Cagni. (Series minor. Istituto universitario orientale. Dipartimento di studi asiatici, 61). Naples: Istituto universitario orientale. |
| Bron 2010 b: 41 | Bron, François 2010. Quelques nouvelles inscriptions du Jawf. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 21: 41-45. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 11191 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 86, w. 61, th. 8 |
| 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
| Avanzini 2000: 1240-1243, pl. 3/b | Avanzini, Alessandra 2000. Two inscriptions from Nashshan: new data on the history of the town. Pages 1231-1247 in Simonetta Graziani (ed.). Studi sul vicino oriente antico dedicati alla memoria di Luigi Cagni. (Series minor. Istituto universitario orientale. Dipartimento di studi asiatici, 61). Naples: Istituto universitario orientale. |
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 8-9, cat. 1 | 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] |
| Arbach and Rossi 2011: fig. 15 | Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2011. Réflexions sur l'histoire de la cité-État de Nashshân (fin du IXe - fin du VIIe s. av. J.-C.). Egitto e vicino Oriente, 34: 149-176. |