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GOAM 315


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 71, cat. 43

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...](r)[.]wt-s¹ w-(m)[.]m-s¹[... ...]—
   2  (ʾ) w-bṯ-s¹ w-s³lʾ-s¹ b-gwbn wq[..]—
   3  ty bn ḏ-ys¹nkr-s¹ ywmy s²ms¹ w-
   4  ʾrḍm b-ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm w-b Wdm
   5  w-b Nkrḥm w-b-ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq
   6  w-b ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ mlk Mʿn w-b
   7  s²ʿbh-s¹ Mʿn w-ḏ Yṯl w-b Yṯʿk—
   8  rb Nbṭ ḏ-Ḥdṯ w-b ʾlrm Ṣdq
   9  ḏ-Ydʿ s²wʿy Wdm |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  his offering and his dedication in the gwbn [... ...]
   3  from the one who may damage it for the duration of the sun and of
   4  the earth; by ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and by Wdm
   5  and by Nkrḥm and by ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq
   6  and by ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ, king of Maʿīn, and by
   7  his tribe Maʿīn and ḏ-Yṯl and by Yṯʿkrb
   8  Nbṭ of Ḥdṯ and by ʾlrm Ṣdq
   9  of Ydʿ, the two priests of Wdm.
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 71Arbach, 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]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, GOAM 315
Support typeArtefact » Stela
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 70, w. 56, th. 13
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
NotesThe inscription might also come from Qrnw.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Audouin 2007: 71, cat. 43Arbach, 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]