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al-Jaruw-Ḥājj 1
Al-Ḥājj 2022: 98, fig. 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 | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Casting | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾbṣdq ḏt ʾws¹(l)—
2 t bnt bny Tḏq
3 | hqnyt ʾṯrt ʾ—
4 m ʿṯtr ṭnfn (ḏ)-
5 s¹twklt-h b-ḏt ḥ—
6 ywt bn mwld w—
7 ldt l-wfy-h w-wf—
8 y wld-h b-ʿṯtr|
9 w-ʾlmqh w-ḏt-Ḥmym
| 9 | The last line of the inscription is written on the frame. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbṣdq of ʾws¹lt, 2 descendant of the family Tḏq, 3 dedicated to ʾṯrt mother 4 of ʿṯtr the tablet with which 5 she sought favours from Her, because 6 she survived the childbirth, 7 for her safety and the safety 8 of her child. By ʿṯtr, 9 ʾlmqh and ḏt-Ḥmym. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Muscat, The National Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 30, w. 20.8 |
| Link to object record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Al-Ḥājj 2022: 84-85, 98, fig. 1 | al-Hajj, Mohammed 2022. Nuqūsh musnadiyya jadīda ḥawla al-āliha Athīrat wa-makānati-hā fī diyānat al-Yaman al-qadīm. Raydān, 9: 80-101. |