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Ja 511
Jamme 1955 e: pl. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ...] (b)n Ḫḏwt w-(F)ḍlm br(ʾ)[w w-hwṯrn ... ...]
2 [... ...-h](m)w Ẓhrm w-mʾgl-hmw Hrn w-m(r)[... ...]
3 [... ...] ʾmlkn w-rṯdw nkl-hmw mrʾ-h(m)[w ... ...]
4 [.. bn kl bʾ](s¹)m w-mḫdʿm w-s²ṣym b-ʿṯtr-S²rqn[ w-... ...]
| 2 | The editor integrates nkl-h]mw. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] of the family Ḫḏwt and Fḍlm built and [laid foundations 2 [... ...] Ẓhrm and their cistern Hrn and [... ...] 3 [... ...] and they committed their work to their Lord [... ...] 4 [... ...] against any harm and falsification and enemy. Byʿṯtr S²rqn and [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 28, w. 57 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ṣnʿw |
| Geographical area | Sanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The stone inscription was found by E. Rossi at 4 km north of the gate Bāb Šoʿūb (Sanʿāʾ). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1955 e: 107-109, pl. 1 (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Inscriptions sud-arabes de la collection Ettore Rossi. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 30: 103-130. |