YM 22222
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 15
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿmḏḫr bn ʿ(m)kr—
2 b ḏ-Mlḥn s³lʾ ʿṯ—
3 tr ḏ-Grb ʿs²r bn
4 ʿmydʿ mṣ—
5 rb(t) Bḥrn b-
6 ywm ʾlnbṭ
7 Y[dʿ]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmḏḫr son of ʿmkrb 2 ḏ-Mlḥn dedicated to 3 ʿṯtr ḏ-Grb as tithe from 4 ʿmydʿ the 5 altars of Bḥrn, at 6 the time of ʾlnbṭ 7 Ydʿ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 22222 |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar (mṣrb) |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 71.5, w. 32.5, th. 30 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 15-16, cat. 6 | 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] |