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  • Editor(s)
    Irene Rossi
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2013-10-01
  • Last revised
    2024-12-05
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-2491
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al-Jawf 04.9


Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 5/10

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3 ca.
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyExpiation text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription is a penitential text.

TEXT

marker


   1  S¹ʿr ʾgr((s¹ʿr ʾgr)) w-S¹ʿr
   2  (Ḥ)myn((s¹ʿr Ḥmyn)) w-Lḥy w-Y—
   3  [... ...] w-bh(n)-(s¹)m w-(b)—
   4  [... ...](m) ʾhl Ẓwnn
   5  [... ...] (w)-Mʿthn nt—
   6  [ḫy] (w)-(n)tḏr (k)-(Nk)rḥ (s²)—
   7  ymh-s¹m b-ḏt (ḫ)ṭʾ[ .]—
   8  r[...] s²ʿ(r) [.](hn)-(s¹) w-
   9  kw(n) [ḏn nḫ](ynn)[ b-ʾ](m)r(h) [N]—
  10  k(r)*ḥ* [.]w

Apparatus
4Ṯwnn (Arbach). The stone is slightly damaged and the reading uncertain, but cf. YM 28980, l.2.
6-7Nkrḥm ṯmhqm (Arbach).
7-8yṭ(l) wr[.]ṯm ṣ[... ...] (Arbach).
8probably s²ʿr bhn-s¹.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹ʿr ʾgr and S¹ʿr
   2  Qmyn and Lḥy and
   3  Y[..]ʾl and their sons [... ...]
   4  [... ...] the clan of Ṯwnn
   5  [... ...] and Mʿthn confessed
   6  and did penance to Nkrḥ,
   7  their Patron, with regards to the fact that they committed sin
   8  [... ...]
   9  [this confes]sion took place by the command of
  10  Nkrḥ [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Aniconic stela
TopConcave
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 38, w. 20, th. 7.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
NotesThe epigraph probably comes from the temple Brn, dedicated to Nkrḥ.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 22-23, pl. 5/10Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic]