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al-Jawf 04.44
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 15/45
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 | 8.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿmydʿ ḏ-(L)wt s³lʾ Nkrḥm mṣrbn Ḫrf b-krb ktr(b) [... ...]
| 1 | b-krb tkrb (Arbach). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmydʿ ḏ-Lwt dedicated to Nkrḥm the offering table Ḫrf, as obligation he incurred [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar (mṣrb) |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 13, w. 146, th. 45 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jawf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | Being dedicated to Nkrḥ, the text probably comes from Maʿīn, Baraqish or its surroundings. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 59-60, pl. 15/45-47 | 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] |