Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 7 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
The text is incised in double trait. |
English | |
1 Yʾws¹ʾl son of Ḥywm 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 ʿndhmw, by ʿṯtr 4 and by ʾlmqh and 5 by ḏt Ḥmym and by 6 ḏt Bʿdn and by S¹mʿ 7 and by Krbʾl and by 8 Ydʿʾb and by ʾḫkrb 9 and by ʿmyṯʿ. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 18344 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 118.5, w. 67 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Jidfir ibn Munaykhir |
Ancient site | Khlm |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
Notes | The stela comes from the intra muros temple of ʾlmqh in Jidfir ibn Munayḫir, according to the editors. |
Link to site record |
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 73-74, cat. 45 | Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |