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as-Sawdāʾ 80 RES 2917; M 139


By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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Müller, David H. 1899: pl. 7

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]ʾt(l)-(s¹ r)[..](r)[..]
   2  [... ...] b-ḍr ʾmr k-kl ʾh—
   3  [gr... ... ... ...]rd ms²mn (ʾ)ṣb(ʿ) (k)-
   4  [... ... ʾ]ṣbʿ k-ʿbd w-S²rḥ w-
   5  [... ...](m) w-Zydlt bny Zydʾ—
   6  [l ... ... ]Ḥrm w-Mrṯd bhny Ḥ—
   7  [... ... w-... ...]d bn Yʾws¹ʾl w-(ʾ)[.]—
   8  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 11
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 23, w. 26
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
NotesThe provenance is uncertain: as-Sawdāʾ, according to Halévy; Nihm (Quṭwa), according to Glaser.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, David H. 1899: pl. 7Müller, David H. (ed.) 1899. Südarabische Altertümer im Kunsthistorischen Hofmuseum. Vienna: Alfred Hölder. [Im Auftrage und mit Unterstützung des Oberstlämmerer-Amtes seiner K. und K. Apost. Majestät]
Avanzini 1995: 199-201, pl. 41/bAvanzini, 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]