Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Cast | ||
Measure of letters | 2.5-3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 Rʾbm, son of Ḏʾbm, servant of Yhfrʿ, son of Ḏ ‒ 2 rḥʾl, kbr of Fys²n, dedicated to ḏt Ns² ‒ 3 qm his son Nhym and all his children. By ʿ ‒ 4 ṯtr, ʾlmqh, ḏt Ḥmym, 5 ḏt Ns²qm, and by Yṯʿʾmr, 6 Ydʿʾl and by his lord Yhfrʿ. |
Deposit | Unknown, Unknown (Private collection) |
Support type | Artefact » Plaque |
Material | Bronze |
Measures | h. 25.5, w. 48 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
Ancient site | Ns²qm |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Arnold and Nebes 1998: 7-14, photo | Arnold, Werner and Nebes, Norbert 1998. Eine altsabäische Widmungsinschrift auf einer Bronzetafel. Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik, 35: 7-14. |