Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
Gajda proposes a date around the 5th century BC, suggesting to identify ʾlyfʿ Rym with the king mentioned in the inscriptions Maʿīn 7/2, Maʿīn 15/1, Maʿīn 17/3 and Shaqab 6. Avanzini 2005, on the basis of a palaeographic and stylistic analysis, suggests to date the artefact to the 8th-7th century BC, postulating the existence of at least two homonym kings ʾlyfʿ Rym. The most archaic one would be the author of Gajda 2001 and Shaqab 6. |
English | |
1 Ḥywm son of Ṯny ḏ- 2 Mrdʿ dedicated to Bs²mm 3 as obligaton from which He released him. 4 By ʾlyfʿ Rym. |
Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
Shape | With splayed foot |
Measures | h. 28, d. 17 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Link to site record |
Gajda 2001: 127-132, photo | Gajda, Iwona 2001. Un autel brûle-parfum minéen avec une dédicace au dieu Bs²mm. Semitica, 51: 127-132. |
Avanzini 2005: 149-152, fig. 13 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2005. Some thoughts on ibex on plinth in early South Arabian art. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 16/2: 144-153. |