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GOAM 313


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 88, cat. 56

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Chronology: Arbach proposes the 7th-6th centuries BC, but a later dating cannot be excluded.

TEXT

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   1  ʾlʿz ḏ-Rkl w-ʾmrm ḏ-Qydn s³l—
   2  [ʾ ʿṯtr ʾnṯtm mṣrbn] ywm qdm
   3  [w-bny by]t-[s¹ w-b ]ʾḏn ʿṯtr ʾnṯ—
   4  [t s¹my w]-ʾwld-s¹my [w-ʾqny-s¹my]

Apparatus
1ʾlʿz bn ḏ-Rkl (Arbach).
2-4The photo is scarcely readable: the text between brackets is Arbach's reading.
3w-wld-s¹m w-ʾqny-s¹m (Arbach).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾlʿz ḏ-Rkl and ʾmrm ḏ-Qydm dedicated
   2  to ʿṯtr ʾnṯtm (Woman?) the offering table when he was in charge of
   3  and built his house; by the authority of ʿṯtr ʾnṯt,
   4  they and their children and their possessions.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, GOAM 313
Support typeArtefact » Altar (mṣrb)
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 31, w. 81, th. 31
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādī al-Jawf)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jawf
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

The epithet ʾnṯt(m) for the god ʿṯtr appears here for the first time.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Audouin 2007: 88-89, cat. 56Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic]