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as-Sawdāʾ 7


Avanzini 1995: pl.13/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 letters5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  hn [... ...]
   2  bny w-ʾ(tm) b-ṯ[... ...](t)[... ...]
   3  [... ... ʾ]bytt w-ʾ(ḫ)ṭb w-ṣrḥ(h)ty ṯ[... ...]—
   4  (ʾ)-(s¹m) w-ʾ(s³nnh)-(s¹m bn ʾrḍm ʿd)[... ...]

Apparatus
3Halévy reads w-hs³nnh-s¹m.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] built and bought [... ...]
   3  [... ...] houses and the foundations and the upper parts of [... ...]
   4  [... ...] and their boundary's directions from a territory [... ...]
Avanzini 1995: 89Avanzini, 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]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 19.5, w. 75
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
NotesThe stone was found by the MAFRAY. It is part of a building with columns on the eastern walls.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1995: 89-90, pl. 13/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]