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  • Editor(s)
    Irene Rossi
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2013-10-01
  • Last revised
    2015-06-05
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-2515
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al-Jawf 04.41


Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 14/42

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  (D)dʾ[.. ḏ-..](r) (s³)—
   2  (l)ʾ ʿ[ṯt](r) [ḏ-Grb]
   3  mṣrbn y[w]m |
   4  s¹(qdm)-s¹ (ʾl)nb—
   5  ṭ (Yd)ʿ (w)-(Ns²)n |
   6  mnql ʾṣ(hr)n |
   7  w-mws³ln (b)-(b)yt
   8  ʿṯtr ḏ-Gr(b) |

Apparatus
5For the reading of the line, see Arbach and Rossi 2014: 57.
7ʿmws³ln (Arbach).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ddʾ[... ...]r
   2  offered to ʿṯtr [... ...]
   3  this altar, when
   4  ʾlnbṭ Ydʿ charged
   5  him [... ...]
   6  the excavation of the building materials
   7  and the base in the temple of
   8  ʿṯtr ḏ-Grb.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum
Support typeArtefact » Altar (mṣrb)
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 73, w. 32
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 57-58, pl. 14/42Arbach, 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]
Arbach and Rossi 2014: 57Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2014. Kamna, une cité prospère du Jawf du Yémen aux VIIIe-VIe siècles avant J.-C.. Semitica et Classica, 7: 45-61.