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Gajda 2001


Gajda 2001: 132

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodA. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Gajda proposes a date around the 5th century BC, suggesting to identify ʾlyfʿ Rym with the king mentioned in the inscriptions Maʿīn 7/2, Maʿīn 15/1, Maʿīn 17/3 and Shaqab 6. Avanzini 2005, on the basis of a palaeographic and stylistic analysis, suggests to date the artefact to the 8th-7th century BC, postulating the existence of at least two homonym kings ʾlyfʿ Rym. The most archaic one would be the author of Gajda 2001 and Shaqab 6.

TEXT

marker


   1  Ḥy(w)m bn Ṯny ḏ-
   2  Mr(d)ʿ s³lʾ Bs²mm
   3  kr(b s¹b)rr
   4  b-ʾlyfʿ Rym

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥywm son of Ṯny ḏ-
   2  Mrdʿ dedicated to Bs²mm
   3  as obligaton from which He released him.
   4  By ʾlyfʿ Rym.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeWith splayed foot
Dimensionsh. 28, d. 17
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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CULTURAL NOTES

The Qatabanian god Bs²mm appears for the first time in a Minaic inscription.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gajda 2001: 127-132, photoGajda, Iwona 2001. Un autel brûle-parfum minéen avec une dédicace au dieu Bs²mm. Semitica, 51: 127-132.
Avanzini 2005: 149-152, fig. 13Avanzini, Alessandra 2005. Some thoughts on ibex on plinth in early South Arabian art. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 16/2: 144-153.