Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2.3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
5-6 | the editors integrate [Nkrḥ w-kwn ḏn]. |
English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] under [... ...] 3 [... ...] during the deadly epidemic [... ...] 4 [... ...] confessed, did penance and humiliated [... ...] 5 [... ... ] the loss (?) and the absence of approvals [of Nkrḥ and occurred this] 6 confession by the command and with [the approvals of Nkrḥ] 7 in an oracular response in the gwb. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 25, w. 25 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Darb aṣ-Ṣabī |
Ancient site | Fṯʿn |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Nkrḥ |
Link to site record |
Robin, Breton and Ryckmans, Jacques 1988: 126-128, pl. 8/b | Robin, Christian J., Breton, Jean-François and Ryckmans, Jacques 1988. Le sanctuaire minéen de Nkrḥ à Darb aṣ-Ṣabî (environs de Barâqiš). Rapport préliminaire (seconde partie). Étude des inscriptions. Raydān, 5: 91-158. |