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Sanaa-Garbini 4 Ga 27(Av); Ga 62 (Ja); YM 6
Garbini 1973 a: pl. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Wddʾl bn Ḥrʿhr hqny ʾlmqh ms¹lmn
2 w-nḫl-hw Ṣmnt w-ḏ-Mḏyn b-mrʾ-hw Ydʿʾl
| 3 | The beginning of the line is not readable on the photo. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wddʾl, son of Ḥrʿhr, dedicated to ʾlmqh the offering table 2 and his palmgrove Ṣmnt and the family Mḏyn. By his lord Ydʿʾl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 6 |
| Support type | Artefact » Offering table » With bull head as gutter (ms¹lm) |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (Yemen) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1973 a: 31-37, pl. 1/a-b | Garbini, Giovanni 1973. Nuove iscrizioni sabee. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/1: 31-46. |