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 |
English | |
1 ʿrhmw son of ʿmʾns¹ of the banū 2 ʿdrn dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṣdqʾmr, 3 by ʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh 4 and by ḏt-Ḥmym and by ḏt-Bʿdn 5 and by S¹mʿ. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 18346 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 118.5, w. 67 |
Link to object record |
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 |
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 77, cat. 47 | 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] |