Arbach and Audouin 2007: 17
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Measure of letters 5
Chronology
Textual typology Dedicatory text
TEXT marker
1 [W](ʾl) [ḏ-Ġ](w)[ṯ] s³(lʾ) 2 ʿṯtr ḏ-[Grb mṣr]— 3 bn krb (bn)[-s¹ Ḥ](m)[h]— 4 (mw) b-(ywm )(ʾl)— 5 (nb)ṭ [Ydʿ]
Apparatus The photo is almost illegible. Arbach's reading was followed.
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 Wʾl ḏ-Ġwṯ dedicated
2 to ʿṯtr ḏ-Grb the altar,
3 obligation of his son Ḥmhmw,
4 at the time of ʾlnbṭ
5 Ydʿ.
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 22223 Support type Artefact » Altar (mṣrb) Shape With truncated pyramidal base Material Stone Measures h. 72, w. 30, th. 32 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin Modern site as-Sawdāʾ Ancient site Ns²n Geographical area Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra Country Yemen Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYArbach and Audouin 2007 : 17, cat. 7Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites . Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum . 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic]