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Ja 2956
Jamme 1982: pl. 3
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [ʾ](l)tbʿ ḏ-Qlḥm m[...]
2 ḏ-Hmdn hqny mrʾ-(h)[w]
3 ḏ-S¹myn ʿdy mḥrm-h[w]
4 ḏ-Ġrw ʾbltm ḏt (ḏ)-
5 hbm l-ḫmr-hw wfy
6 (g)rb-hw w-ʾlwd-hw
7 [w]-l-ḫmr-hw wfy w-s²
8 [wf]t ʾʾbl-hw ḏt-s²ym
9 [... ...]w ḏ-S¹mym [..]
10 [..] w-ḏ-s¹t(d)[... ...]
| 9 | Jamme 1982: 48 integrates very unlikely: [R](ḥmn) and thinks that the inscription was a monotheistic dedication; see Sima 1999 b: 222. |
TRANSLATIONS
| German | |
1 [ʾ]ltbʿ ḏQlḥm, der M[...?] 2 der Hmdn, hat gewidmet seinem Herrn 3 ḏSmyn in seinem Tempel 4 Ġrw (die Statuette) eine(r) Kamelin aus 5 Bronze, auf daß er him gewähre das Wohl 6 seiner Person und seiner Kinder, 7 und daß er ihm gewähre das Wohl und den 8 Schutz seiner Kamele, die ... 9 ... Bei ḏSmym 10 .............................. |
| Sima 1999 b: 208 | Sima, Alexander 1999. "Another monotheistic dedication: Ja 2956" ? Anmerkungen zu den Namensformen des Gottes ḏS¹mwy und seines Tempels Yġrw. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 89: 207-224. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 617 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 19.5, w. 13.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Shuḍayf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Shuḍayf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Ġrw of the god ḏ-S¹myn. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1982: 48-50, pl. 3 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1982. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250303. [Privately printed] |
| Sima 1999 b: 207-212 | Sima, Alexander 1999. "Another monotheistic dedication: Ja 2956" ? Anmerkungen zu den Namensformen des Gottes ḏS¹mwy und seines Tempels Yġrw. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 89: 207-224. |