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as-Sawdāʾ 17 RES 2903; M 127
Avanzini 1995: pl.16/a
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 | 5.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Archaic writing style. |
TEXT
1 [... ...](z )(bn )(S²)[... ...]
2 [... ...]b w-Klb s³(lʾ) (ḏ)-(G)rb Y(r)[... ...]((Y(r)[... ...]))
3 [... ... ]ywm [w]hb ḥl ḏ-Grb w-r(ḍ)[... ... ]
| 3 | Probably rḍ[w...] or rḍ[y...]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] and Klb dedicated to ḏ-Grb Yr[... ...] 3 when he gave aromas to ḏ-Grb and[... ...] |
| Avanzini 1995: 104 | Avanzini, 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 type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 24, w. 65 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1995: 103-104, pl. 16/a | Avanzini, 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] |