Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 ʿmydʿ son of Yṯʿkrb dedicated with an oath to 2 ʾṯrt ʿlb, as an obligation from which She released (him). |
1 | I would translate ḥlf ḥlf as "to dedicate with an oath" in preference to "to swear the oath of the goddess". |
2 | krb s¹brr has been found in many MIN inscriptions, with scholars usually maintaining that the subject of the verb is the author of the inscription: "an offer of which he acquitted himself". In our context it is clear that the subject is the goddess. The god/goddess frees the worshipper from the obligation to present a dedication, i.e. He/She accepts the offered dedication. |
Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 136211=1975,0120.1 |
Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Animal figure |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 14, w. 16, th. 16 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Link to site record |
Frantsouzoff 2006: 69-77, figs 1-2 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2006. A Minaic inscription on the pedestal of an ibex figurine from the British Museum. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 36: 69-77. |