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Shaqab 8


Gnoli 1993: pl. 11
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLegal text

TEXT

marker


   1  mrṯd ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm w-Wdm w-(Nk)rḥm
   2  w-ʿṯtr ʾl Yhrq w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn w-kl ʾlʾlt ʾs²ʿbm
   3  ḏ-ʾlm w-s²ymm w-ḥblm w-ḥmrm bytn w-ʾḫṭb-s¹ w-m—
   4  ḥwlt-s¹ w-mbnyt-s¹m bn ḏ-yḫbl-s¹m b-ḍrm w-s¹lmm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Put under the protection of ʿṯtr S²rqn, ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wdm, Nkrḥm,
   2  ʿṯtr god of Yhrq, ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, of all the tribal gods,
   3  of the god and the patron, and the pact and the alliance, the temple, its construction corps, its boundary
   4  walls and their buildings, against anyone who may damage them in war and in peace.
Gnoli 1993Gnoli, 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]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Gnoli 1993: 84-86, pl. 11Gnoli, 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]