By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
Language Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic Alphabet Ancient South Arabian Script typology Monumental writing Writing technique Incision Measure of letters 2-3 Chronology Textual typology Dedicatory text
1 Nwyt s¹hm ʾbʿm Qfln s¹qnyt | → (ʾ)m-s¹ ʾṯrt ʿd Y→s¹l ḥg-n tkrbt-s¹ ṣlm ḏhbn rṯd→t ʾṯrt wld-s¹ w-2 ʾḏn-s¹
Apparatus The inscription runs along the sides of the base. 2 The text is engraved on the fourth side of the base, above the text that precedes it.
English 1 Nwyt servant of ʾbʿm Qfln dedicated to her mistress (?) ʾṯrt at Ys¹l, as she promised Her, the bronze statue; she entrusted to ʾṯrt her children and
2 her faculties.
Deposit Aden, University Museum, UAM 522 Support type Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription Material Stone Measures h. 6, w. 28, th. 13.5 Link to object record
Origin and provenance Modern site Ḥinū az-Zurayr Ancient site Hrbt Geographical area Wādī Ḥarīb Country Yemen Link to site record
al-Ḥasanī 2011 : 451-452, photo 3al-Ḥasanī, Jamal 2011. Nuqūsh Qatbāniyya ǧadīda min matḥaf ǧāmiʿat ʿAdan. Pages 445-460 in Al-nadwa al-ʿilmīya ʿAdan bawābat al-Yaman al-ḥaḍariyya 18-19 Yanāyir 2011, kulliyyat al-Adāb . Aden: Jamiʿat ʿAdan.