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as-Sawdāʾ 4 RES 3894 A; SW-BA/I/22


Avanzini 1995: pl.12/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7.2
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

Conti Rossini 1925: 179-180, published a second fragment of the same inscription (RES 3894 B, l.1: [... ...]ʿnd ʾb by(dn); l.2: ty).

TEXT

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   1  S¹mhyfʿ Ys¹rn bn L[bʾn ... ...]
   2  w-byt Wd ḏ-Nṣb w-mw[... ...]
   3  ḏ-Trḥ |

Apparatus
3ḏ-Trḥ may be the name of the sanctuary on the Jabal al-Lawḏ, where ceremonies were celebrated by the Sabaean mukarribs. As Avanzini points out, this could be a case of homonymy, but the mention of this sanctuary by S¹mhyfʿ king of Nashshān, who was ally of Krbʾl Wtr, is plausible.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 56, w. 67
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Rṣf
NotesThe stone was found near the temple.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1995: 84-86, pl. 12/aAvanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Avanzini 2011: 54-55Avanzini, Alessandra 2011. Les inscriptions. (Chapitre 4). Pages 43-55 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Le sanctuaire de ʿAthtar dhû-Riṣâf d'as-Sawdâʾ. (Arabia Antica, 7). Rome: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.
Conti Rossini 1925Conti Rossini, Carlo (=Karolus) 1925. Iscrizioni sabee. Rendiconti Accademia dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze morali, storiche e filologiche 6, 1: 169-193.