Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 Ys³ql, son of Brr‒ 2 m, Brmyn, dedicated to 3 Ns¹wr ʿms²fq, 4 when he served as priest and when he 5 performed the pilgrimage of ʾl‒ 6 mqh in (the month of) ʾbhy. By ʾ‒ 7 lmqh and by Krbʾ‒ 8 l and by Nbṭyfʿ. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 1064 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 85, w. 40, th. 10 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Link to site record |
Müller, Walter W. 1973 b: 151, fig. 2 | Müller, Walter W. 1973. Ergebnisse der Deutschen Jemen-Expedition 1970. Archiv für Orientforschung, 24: 150-161. |
Jamme 1976: 156-157 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
CIAS: i, 225-227, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
Wissmann 1982: 173-174, fig. 3 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |
Robin and Vogt 1997: 122, photo | Robin, Christian J. and Vogt, Burkhard (eds) 1997. Yémen, au pays de la reine de Saba. Exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe du 25 octobre 1997 au 28 février 1998. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe. |
Simpson 2002: 164, 166, cat. 206, fig. 59 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |
Maraqten 2021: 438-439 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2021. The pilgrimage to the Awām-temple/Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen. Pages 430-462 in George Hatke and Ronald Ruzicka (eds). South Arabia long-distance trade in antiquity: "Out of Arabia". Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. |