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Shaqab 2


Gnoli 1993: pl. 7/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7.8
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...]
   2  [.]ṯr w-[.]ḥ(y) w-[... ...]
   3  ʾmr Wd (b)-ʾ(lʾl)[t]
   4  (M)ʿn w-Yṯl w-b ʿm—
   5  rym Ṣdq w-rṯd
   6  s¹ṭr-s¹mn w-s³lʾ-s¹(m)—
   7  (n) ʿṯtr S²rqn w-(ḏ)-[Y]—
   8  hrq w-Dyṯ w-S²mm [b]—
   9  (n) ḏ-ys¹fʾy-s¹ w-ḏ y{s¹}—
  10  s¹nkr-s¹

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] and [L]ḥy and [... ...]
   2  command of Wd; by the gods
   3  of Maʿīn and Yṯl and by ʿm-
   4  rym Ṣdq. And they committed
   5  their inscription and their dedication
   6  to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ḏ-
   7  Yhrq and Dyṯ and S²mm
   8  against anyone who may destroy it and
   9  damage it.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 33.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShaqab al-Manaṣṣa
Ancient siteYhrq (?)
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq
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CULTURAL NOTES

It is interesting that the two territories in l. 8 (ḏhb, as they are defined in RES 3943/3-4) Dyṯ and S²mm could receive, like the previously mentioned gods, the commitment of an inscription. They were probably sacred territories.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gnoli 1993: 72-74, pl. 7/aGnoli, Gherardo 1993. Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa. Con diciotto tavole fuori testo. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]