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Bari 2021-3
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Mlkn bn Nʿm ʿrb ʾḫḫ—
2 tn hqny ʾḫḫtn nfs¹-hw
3 (yw)m myr b-ʿm ʾb-hw b-m—
4 rkb Yhyṯʿ bn Ẓwr(ʿ)[...]
| 4 | Prioletta et al. suggest Ẓwrʿly or Ẓwrʿdn as possible restorations of the last patronymic. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mlkn son of Nʿm in charge of the offerings to Akhakha- 2 tān dedicated to Akhakhatān his life 3 when he provided the food supplies with his father on the fleet 4 of Yuhaythaʿ son of Ẓwrʿ[…] |
| 1 | "The author bears the religious title of ʿrb of the god. The root ʿrb has several meanings in Semitic, but in religious contexts it is linked etymologically to the idea of ‘making an offering, sacrificing to the god’" (Prioletta et al. 2021: 334) |
| 3 | As for the meaning of myr, it must be noted that while the root has been generally associated in the literature with the selling or harvest of cereals, or with cereals alone (in the case of the substantive) (BSD: 89), a more general meaning of ‘supply, deliver with food’ has also been suggested (Stein, 2010: 729)" (Prioletta et al. 2021: 334). |
| Prioletta et al. 2021: 334 | Prioletta, Alessia, Robin, Christian J., Schiettecatte, Jérémie, Gajda, Iwona and Noman, Khaldon 2021. Sabaeans on the Somali coast. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 32/1: 328-339. 2023/10/24; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aae.12202. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Abdexan |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Federal Republic of Somalia |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾḫḫtn |
| Notes | The found area of this looted epigraph has remained undisclosed. The area of Abdexan well has been proposed on the basis of comparisons of the landscape (visible in the background of one photograph of the looted area) with Google Earth's digital elevation models (Prioletta et al. 2021: 328-329, fig: 1). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Prioletta et al. 2021: 331 (fig. 6), 333-334 | Prioletta, Alessia, Robin, Christian J., Schiettecatte, Jérémie, Gajda, Iwona and Noman, Khaldon 2021. Sabaeans on the Somali coast. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 32/1: 328-339. 2023/10/24; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aae.12202. |