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YM 28976


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 42-43, figs A-D

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters9
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Ẓwrwkl bn Mtʿ← Qdrn ʿbd W←trʾl s³lʾ ʿṯtr← Bʾs¹n Lḥyʿṯt

Apparatus
1Qdrn is probably the name of the group.
It is not clear whether Lḥyʿṯt is the name of a dedicated person or of the offering table.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ẓwrwkl son of Mtʿ Qdrn, servant of Wtrʾl, dedicated Lḥyʿṯt to ʿṯtr Bʾs¹n.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 28976
Support typeArtefact » Offering table » With bull head as gutter
MaterialStone
Dimensionstotal h. 94; table: h. 17, w. 42, th. 42
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Audouin 2007: 42-43, cat. 23Arbach, 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 2022: 124, fig. 41Arbach, Mounir 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). I. From cities to kingdoms. (Arabia Antica, 17/1). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. 2025/12/29; https://doi.org/10.48255/9788891322920.
Rossi 2022: 279Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.