DhM 399
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The palaeographic style is archaizing. |
TEXT
[... ...—
1 ]m b-ymhn b-ṭb(n)
2 Nkrḥ w-b-kl ʾ—
3 hl Ḥts³f ʾhl
4 s²ʿr w-ʾhl l-s²—
5 ʿr w-s¹tʾl Nk—
6 rḥ Ġwytn b-m—
7 qm ḏ-Qbḍ w-n—
8 tḫy b-ʾmr W—
9 d w-mrḍwhy |
10 [Nkrḥ]
| 1 | see DhM 400, 3 for ṭbn as a verb. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 for those days (?), and by the command 2 of Nkrḥ and by the whole of the clan 3 Ḥts³f, those 4 are aware of and those are not aware of; 5 and Ġwytm made 6 a request from Nkrḥ, by the 7 power of ḏ-Qbḍ, and he 8 confessed by the command of W- 9 d and the approvals of 10 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 399 |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 40, w. 24, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This text is culturally remarkable for the number of divinities involved in the dedication.