Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
15 | Jamme's integration: [w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʿṯtr S²rqn]. |
English | |
1 Rbs²ms¹m ʾẓlm and his 2 son Ġfrm dedicated to ʿṯtr, 3 Master of the sacrificial place of Ḍnʾn this sta- 4 tue, as He had ordered him in His ora- 5 cle, in praise because ʿṯtr has bestowed upon 6 His servant Rbs²ms¹m all the 7 favours he sought from Him. And may 8 ʿṯtr continue to bestow upon His servant Rb- 9 s²ms¹m all the favours he shall seek 10 from Him. And may He grant them pros- 11 perity and safety and male (and) healthy 12 children, and perfect 13 crops in all their land and their arable 14 fields. And may He preserve them from the maleficence 15 [and malice of any enemy. By ʿṯtr S²rqn]. |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 41, w. 22.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Jabal Ḍīn |
Ancient site | Ḍnʾn |
Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr bʿl mḏbḥ Ḍnʾn |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1976: 120-121, pl. 18 (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |