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SUNA/79/L/1


Robin 2000: 170, fig.10

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  Nbḥm →hqnyt
   2  Bnht-ʾl → h-bn-ṯ

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Nbḥm dedicated
   2  to the Daughters of ʾl for her son.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteSūna
Ancient siteḤdb (?)
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple
NotesIntra muros temple.
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CULTURAL NOTES

"The Southarabian 'Daughters of Īl' are part of a low-ranking class of deities whose cult is neither limited by tribal frontiers nor organised by institutional powers. They belong to the 'popular religion'. These female deities, not individualized, numberless, are particularly invoked by mothers and wives" (Robin 2000: 113).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton et al. 1980: 117, pls IV-VBreton, Jean-François, Badre, Leila, Audouin, Rémy and Seigne, Jacques 1980. Wādī Ḥaḍramawt. Prospections 1978-1979. Aden: Centre Culturel et de Recherches Archéologiques.
Robin 2000: 170, fig. 10Robin, Christian J. 2000. Les "filles du Dieu" de Sabaʾ à la Mecque: réflexions sur l'agencement des panthéons dans l'Arabie ancienne. Semitica, 50: 113-192.