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as-Sawdāʾ 95 B


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription is one of the identical texts found on three pillars on the site (as-Sawdāʾ 95 A, B, C).

TEXT

marker


   1  S¹mhyfʿ
   2  Yṯʿ bn
   3  ʾl(mnbṭ)
   4  (bny )(Qhwn)

Apparatus
4it is not sure whether Qhwn was a temple or a palace.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹mhyfʿ
   2  Yṯʿ son of
   3  ʾlmnbṭ
   4  built Qhwn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
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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: Qhwn
NotesThe three pillars on which are engraved the three identical inscriptions as-Sawdāʾ 95 A, B and C belonged to an intra muros religious or civil structure.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach 2011 c: 178-181, figs 4-5Arbach, Mounir 2011. Nouvelles inscriptions du site de Nashshân, l'actuel as-Sawdâʾ (Yémen) datant des VIIIe et VIIe s. av. J.-C. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 34: 177-188.
Rossi 2022: 92Rossi, 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.