Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 1.6 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
Chronologically the text could also be of period D. |
3 | Lrbyn instead of Grbyn (Jaussen). |
4-5 | ḏ-S¹my as an abbreviated form of ḏ-S¹mwy (Sima 1999 b). |
5 | the engraver firstly wrote ʾblm | which then corrected as ʾblmn, without deleting the m. In fact, grammatical reasons suggest to read ʾbl{m}n |
8 | bʿr-h]mw (RES). |
English | |
1 ʾlwhb and his brother 2 and his son, they 3 of Grbyn, dedicated 4 to their Lord ḏ-S¹mwy, 5 Master of Mdrn, the camel 6 in bronze in order for Him to 7 grant them the life 8 [... ...] |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2350=AM 60.758 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 17.5, w. 11.5, th. 7.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Mdrn |
Notes | Wissmann 1964 a: 36 located the sanctuary of Mdrn in the wādī Najrān, from where the inscription may come. |
Link to site record |
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 a: 122 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1932. Altsüdarabische Inschriften. Orientalia, 1: 24-33. |
Jamme 1952 b: 131 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques sud-arabes de la collection de K. Muncherjee, I. Le Muséon, 65: 95-137. |
Hayajneh 2002: 194-197, figs 4a-b | Hayajneh, Hani 2002. Erneute Behandlung einiger altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13/2: 193-222. |
Sima 1999 b | Sima, Alexander 1999. "Another monotheistic dedication: Ja 2956" ? Anmerkungen zu den Namensformen des Gottes ḏS¹mwy und seines Tempels Yġrw. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 89: 207-224. |