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as-Sawdāʾ 89 B al-Jawf 04.2
Arbach, Audouin and Robin 2004: 213, figs 33-34
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 | 12 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Lbʾn Ydʿ bn Ydʿʾb b(n)↯y Yfʿt((Yfʿt)) b-rʿẓ ʿṯtr |
2 S²rqn w-Wd w-ʾrnydʿ w-ʿ↯(ṯ)tr ḏ-Grb w-ʿṯtr |
3 | Ns²q b-ʾḫwt ʾlmqh w-↯(K)rbʾl w-S¹bʾ |
| 1 | For Yfʿt see as-Sawdāʾ 41 A. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lbʾn Ydʿ son of Ydʿʾb built Yfʿt, by the command of ʿṯtr 2 S²rqn, of Wd, of ʾrnydʿ, of ʿṯtr ḏ-Grb and of ʿṯtr 3 Ns²q, by the alliance of ʾlmqh, of Krbʾl and of Sabaʾ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 44, w. 244, th. 53 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context |
| Notes | It is not clear whether the inscription comes from a temple or a palace. The absence of any specification regarding the patron god of the building suggests the first hypothesis. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The formulaic expression b-ʾḫwt plus the name of the main god, of the king and of the tribe of Sabaʾ is found in some Nashshānite inscriptions of the Madhabaean period, testifying the alliance ("brotherhood") between the two kingdoms. Here the alliance is that between Krbʾl Wtr and Lbʾn Ydʿ, probably at the beginning of the 7th century BC.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Arbach 2004: 35, figs 33-34 | see Arbach, Audouin and Robin 2004 |
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 16-17, pl. 1/2 | 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] |