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 Ḥyw and Ḫrf, sons 2 of Mtʿ, of (the clan) ʿs¹dn, 3 dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ- 4 Yhrq the altar, 5 because they dug a well for 6 their field 7 in ḏ-Bʾrn. |
Support type | Artefact » Offering table » With plain gutter (ms¹lm) |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa |
Ancient site | Yhrq (?) |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq |
Link to site record |
Gnoli 1993: 92-95, pl. 15 | Gnoli, Gherardo 1993. Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa. Con diciotto tavole fuori testo. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |