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SOYCE 910


Simpson 2002: 163, fig. 57

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  S²ʿbydʿ bn
   2  ʾydʿm s¹qn—
   3  y S¹yn ms³ndh—
   4  n ḏ-s²ft h-s¹ ʾ[.]
   5  [... ...]

Apparatus
At the end of the l. 2 is possible to read ʾb; Piotrovkij: ʾ[y]-dʿm.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²ʿbydʿ son of
   2  ʾydʿm dedica-
   3  ted to S¹yn the inscription
   4  which ʾydʿm had promised
   5  to Him [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum, 200
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 50, w. 38.5, th. 10
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteAl-Quff
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Piotrovskij 1995: 187, fig. 14Piotrovskij, Mikhail B. 1995. Vadi al-ʿAyn: drevneyemenskie nadpisi. (Wadi al-ʿAyn: ancient Yemeni Inscriptions). Pages 176-201 in Petr A. Grjaznevič and Alexander V. Sedov (eds). Khadramaut. Arkheologiceskie, etnograficeskie i istoriko-kul'turnye issledovaniya. Trudy Sovetsko-Yemenskoy kompleksnoy ekspedicii. (Ḥaḍramawt. Archaeological, Ethnological and Historical Studies. Preliminary Reports of the Soviet-Yemeni Joint Complex Expedition). Moscow: Vostochnaya literatura RAN.
Simpson 2002: 163, fig. 57Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London]