Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 Whbʿl[y] 2 of the family ʾws¹krb dedica- 3 ted to Tʾlb Rym- 4 m, lord of ʿdf, this 5 altar for their well- 6 being. |
Support type | Artefact » Altar (ms³yd) |
Shape | Squared |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 36, w. 26, th. 26. |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Raʾs al-Fawwār |
Ancient site | unknown |
Geographical area | Nihm |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl ʾdf |
Notes | The origin of the object is hypothetical. It could come from Quṭra where the lineage ʾws¹krb is attested. |
Link to site record |
Bauer and Lundin 1998: p. 131 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |
Frantsouzoff 2016: 145-146 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |