Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
The inscription is dated by the editors to the 1st century AD. |
1 | The reading of the line on the photograph is difficult. We followed the editors' reading. |
6 | At the beginning of hte line the editors read [..]h b-S²bʿn. |
9 | There could be trace of a first letter in the line, before mw. |
English | |
1 [... ...] 2 Gdnm dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 Master of S²bʿn this horse and his 4 rider so that He may protect them and He may protect 5 his sons Yhʿ[n .] 6 [.] in S²bʿn descendants of (or, he built) S²d[... ...] 7 grant them favours 8 [... ...] good and satisfy their [... ...] 9 Whbʿṯt and B[... ...] 10 descendants of Gdnm; by ʿṯtr [and ʾlm]‒ 11 qh and ḏt Ḥmym and ḏt [Bʿ]‒ 12 dnm and by ḏt Ns²q[m]. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 48, w. 20 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
Ancient site | Ns²qm |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl S²bʿn |
Link to site record |
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 32-33, pl. 8/18 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic] |