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al-Jawf 04.36
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 12/37
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| Uncertain chronology, due to the fragmentary and scarcely readable text. |
TEXT
1 [... ...] bn [Bʿ]—
2 ṯtr (M)ydʿ
3 [... ...]
4 [... ...]
5 [... ...]ʿ w-[... ...]
6 [... ...] w-(k)l w—
7 ld-[.]w yw(m) (H)m—
8 [.](ʿhmw) [..]m[.]
9 [... ...] ḏt [.]ḍr[.]
| 2 | Arbach reads b-ʿṯtr Mydʿ and considers the latter a divine epithet occurring also in al-Jawf 04.37, l.26. |
| 7-8 | Hmʿs¹mʿ (Arbach, in the transcription; but in the translation: Hm.ʿhmw). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 64, w. 32, th. 8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jawf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 50-51, pl. 12/37 | Arbach, 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] |