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as-Sawdāʾ 91
Arbach, Audouin and Robin 2004: 215, fig. 38
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Hbrʿṯt (ʾ)[b]
2 ʾw(s¹) w-ʾbʾ[ns¹]
3 b(n )(Ẓ)wr ḏ-[..]
4 (s³)lʾ S¹mʿ ḏ-[...]
5 S³kk b-ywm ʿm—
6 s²fq w-Ydʿʾb
| 5 | s³kk might also be the final part of S¹mʿ's epithet. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hbrʿṯt father 2 of ʾws and of ʾbʾns¹ 3 son of Ẓwr ḏ-[... ...] 4 dedicated to S¹mʿ ḏ-[... ...] 5 S³kk, at the time of ʿm- 6 s²fq and Ydʿʾb. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Masājid al-Zarʿī |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S¹mʿ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The god S¹mʿ is mentioned twice in the Minaic corpus. It is not sure if the word S³kk is part of his epithet.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Arbach 2004: 36-37, fig. 38 | see Arbach, Audouin and Robin 2004 |
| Arbach and Rossi 2011: fig. 8 | Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2011. Réflexions sur l'histoire de la cité-État de Nashshân (fin du IXe - fin du VIIe s. av. J.-C.). Egitto e vicino Oriente, 34: 149-176. |
| Rossi 2022: 111-112 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |