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as-Sawdāʾ 87 Ry 27; M 310; RES 3332


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [.]||| [.](ṭṭ)[.](r)[... ...]
   2  hn w-(q)nṣn whr[... ...]
   3  (ʿr)bn w[..]lh s¹ʾl (ʿ)[ṯtr ... ...]
   4  [... ... b-ʾ]ḫr kbrh (Ġy)[... ... ]
   5  [... ... ṯʿ](y)n w-bn ġr[... ...]
   6  [... ... w-s²k-ʾ](y) ywmh [... ...]
   7  [... ... Nk](rḥ) wʾs¹[... ...]
   8  [... ...]b[... ...]yl[... ...]

Apparatus
1-8In the brackets, the autoptic reading by G. Ryckmans.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] granted (?) [... ...]
   3  the offer [... ...] that ʿṯtr asked for (?)
   4  in the last kabirate of Ġ[... ...]
   5  [... ...] and from (?) [... ...]
   6  [... ...] in the day in which [... ...]
   7  [... ...] Nkrḥ [... ...]
   8  [... ...]
Avanzini 1995: 207Avanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 125110=1887,0629.36
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 21, w. 25, th. 8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 189Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200.
Avanzini 1995: 206-208, pl. 42/bAvanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]