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Tokai Suzuki-ASA no. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite | ||
| 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 | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rgnm ḏ-(ʾ)[.... s¹qny mrʾ-s¹ Y]—
2 ṣdqʾl F(r)[ʿm S²rḥʿt mlk ʾws¹n]
3 bn [Wdm] br[... ... ḥg wqh ʾb-s¹]
4 Wdm b-ms¹(ʾ)[l-s¹ ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rgnm he of ʾ[....] dedicated to his lord 2 Yṣdqʾl Frʿm S²rḥʿt king of Awsān 3 son of Waddum br[... ..., as his father Waddum] 4 ordered him in his oracle [... ...] |
| Prioletta, Hull and Blumell 2019: 248 | Prioletta, Alessia, Hull, Kerry and Blumell, Lincoln H. 2019. The ancient South Arabian collection at Tokai University (Japan) and a miscellaneous item. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 12: 245-258. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Kanagawa (Japan), Tokai University, Tokai Suzuki-ASA no. 2 |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 9.5, w. 8, th. 2.25 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (Yemen) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The dedication to the king Yaṣduqʾil, and not to a deity as usual, means that the king was deified, as shown also by his patronymic: the god Waddum.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Prioletta, Hull and Blumell 2019: 248-249, fig. 2 | Prioletta, Alessia, Hull, Kerry and Blumell, Lincoln H. 2019. The ancient South Arabian collection at Tokai University (Japan) and a miscellaneous item. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 12: 245-258. |