Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
1 | These dedicants are also attested in Ir 21 from the temple of Maḥram Bilqīs. |
English | |
1 Brgm ʾrs³l and his brother 2 Krbʿṯt ʾzʾd, of the family ḏ-S¹- 3 ḥr and Kbs¹yn, ʾqwl of the tribe Tnʿ- 4 mm and Tnʿmtm, dedicated to ʾlmqh 5 Master of S²bʿn, at Ns²qm, the statue in bronze, 6 in praise because ʾlmqh Master of S²bʿn 7 granted them [... ...] |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-662 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 7, w. 8.6, th. 3 |
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Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
Ancient site | Ns²qm |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqw bʿl S²bʿn |
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