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  • Editor(s)
    Irene Rossi
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2013-10-01
  • Last revised
    2024-11-16
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-3305
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YM 22223


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 17

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  [..]wʾl ḏ-Ġwṯ s³lʾ
   2  ʿṯtr ḏ-Grb mṣr—
   3  bn krb bn-s¹ Ḥmh—
   4  mw b-ywm ʾl—
   5  nbṭ Ydʿ

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Wʾl ḏ-Ġwṯ dedicated
   2  to ʿṯtr ḏ-Grb the altar,
   3  obligation of his son Ḥmhmw,
   4  at the time of ʾlnbṭ
   5  Ydʿ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 22223
Support typeArtefact » Altar (mṣrb)
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 72, w. 30, th. 32
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Arbach and Audouin 2007: 17, cat. 7Arbach, 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]