Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4.4 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
The text is the same as in Ja 2850, except for the name of the dedicated person. |
English | |
1 ʾlṣdq, son of Ḥnnʿṯt, of the family Ḥfry, dedicated to ʾlmqh Mqmm. By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh, ḏt-Ḥmym, ḏt-Bʿdn and by Krbʾl. |
Deposit | Princeton, Princeton University Library, y1971-7 |
Support type | Artefact » Offering table » With ibex frieze |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 63.8, w. 52.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Masājid |
Ancient site | Mʿrbm |
Geographical area | Wādī Yalā |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Mʿrbm |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1972 b: 4-7, figs 1-4 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1972. A new inscribed sabaean offering table. Record of the Art Museum / Princeton University, 31: 4-7. |