Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
[... ... she dedicated to] 1 Nws²m her person and her children 2 Ṣbḥhmw and Ḍmft 3 and their children and their property; 4 May He sow good 5 sowing for her. ʾlqdm comitted to 6 Nws²m. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Itwa |
Ancient site | ʾtwtm |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
Ancient site | Trʿt |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context |
Notes | The site of provenance of this stela is certainly Itwa, while its origin is uncertain between Itwa and Jabal Riyām. |
Link to site record |
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 81-82, photo 197 bis | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |