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YM 11191


Avanzini 2000: pl. 3/b; Arbach and Audouin 2007: 8, cat. 1

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
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Avanzini puts forward two chronological hypothesis for this text, both in period A: the first one before S¹mhyfʿ Ys¹rn, while the second after his reign. The latter suits better the palaeographical analysis and the phraseology of the text, which shows some peculiar features of the latest Madhabic dedicatory texts.

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ... ]Nbṭʾl
   2  [... ... ʾ](r)nydʿ
   3  [... ... ʾk](rb) ktrb
   4  hn yftd↯yn s¹ʾl w-k—
   5  wn ʾs¹(d)↯ ʾṯr ʾb-s¹m
   6  Nbṭ↯ʾl w-yftdy s¹(ʾ)—
   7  l (b)-↯ʾrnydʿ w-b ʿ↯(ṯ)[t]—
   8  r ḏ-Grbm w-b Wd↯m w-b
   9  ḏt Ns²qm w-b M↯lkwq—
  10  h Ryd mlk N↯s²n w-b Yd—
  11  ʿʾb Yfs² w-↯rṯd ʾrny—
  12  dʿ ʾwld-s¹↯m w-qny-s¹m

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] Nbṭʾl
   2  [... ...] have dedicated to ʾrnydʿ
   3  [... ...] fulfilling the duties they had (towards the god)
   4  to fulfill the order of the oracle, and he was the one who
   5  came after their father
   6  Nbṭʾl to fulfill the oracle.
   7  For ʾrnydʿ and ʿṯtr
   8  ḏ-Grbm and for Wdm and for
   9  ḏt Ns²qm and for Mlkqwh
  10  Ryd king of Ns²n and for Ydʿʾb
  11  Yfs² and put under the protection of ʾrnydʿ
  12  their descendants and possessions.
4-8"les offrandes qu'ils ont promises s'ils rachetaient l'obligation et il y eut ceux (qui vinrent) après leur père Nbṭʾl et ils rachetèrent l'obligation" (Bron 2010 b: 41).
Avanzini 2000Avanzini, Alessandra 2000. Two inscriptions from Nashshan: new data on the history of the town. Pages 1231-1247 in Simonetta Graziani (ed.). Studi sul vicino oriente antico dedicati alla memoria di Luigi Cagni. (Series minor. Istituto universitario orientale. Dipartimento di studi asiatici, 61). Naples: Istituto universitario orientale.
Bron 2010 b: 41Bron, François 2010. Quelques nouvelles inscriptions du Jawf. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 21: 41-45.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 11191
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 86, w. 61, th. 8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 2000: 1240-1243, pl. 3/bAvanzini, Alessandra 2000. Two inscriptions from Nashshan: new data on the history of the town. Pages 1231-1247 in Simonetta Graziani (ed.). Studi sul vicino oriente antico dedicati alla memoria di Luigi Cagni. (Series minor. Istituto universitario orientale. Dipartimento di studi asiatici, 61). Naples: Istituto universitario orientale.
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 8-9, cat. 1Arbach, 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]
Arbach and Rossi 2011: fig. 15Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2011. Réflexions sur l'histoire de la cité-État de Nashshân (fin du IXe - fin du VIIe s. av. J.-C.). Egitto e vicino Oriente, 34: 149-176.