YM 18348
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 79, cat. 49
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 | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S¹mʿṯt bn Hbrrʾl
2 mwd S¹mhʿly h(qny)
3 [... ...](s¹m) b-ʿṯtr
4 [... ...]
| 3 | If the stela comes from the temple of ʾlmqh (see the General remarks), the name of the god should be integrated in the lacuna. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹mʿṯt son of Hbbrʾl, 2 "friend" of S¹mhʿly, dedicated 3 [... ...], by ʿṯtr 4 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 18348 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Top | Concave |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 52, w. 55, th. 6.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Saʿūd |
| Ancient site | Ktlm |
| Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The editors maintains Jidfir ibn Munayḫir as the site of provenance, because the stela is part of a group of pieces acquired by the GOAM as coming from illegal excavation in the site. However, we accept Schiettecatte's suggestion that some of these stelae most probably come from the nearby sites of Kharibat Saʿūd and al-Asāḥil (see Schiettecatte 2011: 49, n.25 for the argumentation). Although the name of the god that receives the dedication is lost, according to the editors the stela comes the temple of ʾlmqh (cf. YM 18350, YM 18351, YM 18352, YM 18355). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 79, cat. 49 | 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] |