Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 5/13
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Measure of letters 4.7
Chronology
Textual typology Dedicatory text - fragmentary
TEXT marker
1 [... ...]b s³lʾt ḏt Ns²q[ ... ...] 2 [... ...]tmr ḏt Ns²q b[... ...] 3 [... ... ḏ](t) Ns²q ʾḏn-s¹ w-w[ld-s¹ ... ...]
Apparatus 2 ... tʾ]tmr (Arbach). 3 rṯd ḏ]t Ns²q (Arbach).
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum Support type Stone inscription Material Stone Measures h. 20, w. 28, th. 7 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin. Conjectural Modern site al-Bayḍāʾ Ancient site Ns²qm Geographical area Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra Country Yemen Notes According to the editors, this text comes from al-Bayḍāʾ (Ns²qm), because it is a dedication to the goddess ḏt Ns²q. Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYArbach and Schiettecatte 2006 : 25, pl. 5/13Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ . Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum . Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic]