YM 18344
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 73, cat. 45
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is incised in double trait. |
TEXT
1 Yʾws¹ʾl bn Ḥy—
2 wm hqny ʾlmq—
3 h ʿndhmw b-ʿṯ—
4 tr w-b-ʾlmqh w-
5 b ḏt Ḥmym w-b-ḏ—
6 t Bʿdn w-b S¹mʿ
7 w-b Krbʾl w Y—
8 dʿʾb w-b ʾḫkr—
9 b w-b ʿmyṯʿ
TRANSLATIONS
| 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. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 18344 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 118.5, w. 67 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 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] |