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YM 29831


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 51, cat. 29

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [...]tʿ ḏ-(Y)—
   2  [..]r ʾnbʾy—
   3  n hqn(y )(S¹)m—
   4  ʿ mq[...] (b)-
   5  krb t(kr)[b]
   6  (l)-bn-hw (Ḥ)[.]—
   7  ʿṯt w-rṯ[d]
   8   S¹mʿ kl wl—
   9  d-hw

Apparatus
4The editors read mq(ṣ)[..].
6-7The editors read Ḥm(m)ʿṯt.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [...]tʿ ḏ-Y‒,
   2  [..]r, the one of Inabbaʾ,
   3  dedicated to S¹m‒
   4  ʿ [.....] as
   5  an obligation he undertook
   6  for his son Ḥ[.]‒
   7  ʿṯt and he committed
   8  to the protection of S¹mʿ all
   9  his children.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 29831
Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 59, w. 21, th. 20
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteInabbaʾ
Ancient siteʾnbʾ
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of S¹mʿ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Audouin 2007: 51, cat. 29Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic]