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Ry 620 RES 4182; Nāmī NN 80


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1933: 52-53
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Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1933: 52-53
photo
Nāmī 1943: 107

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  S²yʿn bn ʾbydʿ w-bn-s¹ s¹qn(y) S¹yn ḏ-M(s²)wr mṣrbn w-tw[... ...]

Apparatus
After the patronymic, Nāmī reads ʿdn; w-bn-s¹ was firstly suggested by Mordtmann and Mittwoch; at the end of the text Rhodokanakis integrates w-tw[qr-s¹].

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²yʿn son of ʾbydʿ and his son dedicated to S¹yn ḏ-Ms²wr this altar and [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositCairo, University, Department of Geography
Support typeArtefact » Offering table » Undefined
Dimensionsw. 63
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteSūna
Ancient siteḤdb (?)
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of S¹yn ḏ-Ms²wr
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1933: 52-53 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1933. Altsüdarabische Inschriften. Orientalia, 2: 50-60.
Nāmī 1943: 107-108, photoNāmī, Khalīl Y. 1943. Našr nuqūš sāmīyya qadīma min ǧanūb bilād al-ʿarab wa-šarḥu-hā. al-Qāhira: al-Maṭbaʿa al-ʿIlmī al-Faransī li-l-Āṯār al-Šarqiyya.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1962 a: 216-218 (facsimile)Ryckmans, Gonzague 1962. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Dix-neuvième série. Le Muséon, 75: 213-231.
Wissmann 1968: 45, fig. 4Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.