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A-20-169
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 1.5 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The rough palaeographic style and the lack of any textual clue make the chronology difficult to establish. The text, however, seems to belong to the Middle Sabaic period. |
TEXT
1 Zʿfl ʿbd
2 S²hrʿly hqny
3 Frʿn ʿdy ʿrn
4 [.]ẓl ms³ndn |
| Letters n, m and ẓ reversed. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Zʿfl servant of 2 S²hrʿly dedicated 3 to Frʿn at the citadel of 4 [.]ẓl this inscription. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-169 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 14.5, w. 17, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jawf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Sholan 2002 a: 100-107 | Sholan, Amida 2002. Nuqūš ǧadīda fī Matḥaf Qism al-Āṯār. Al-ʾIklīl, 26: 100-107. |