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YM 29827


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 26

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  (ʾl)ydʿ bn ʾlw—
   2  kl s³lʾ ḏ-Rṣf w-q—
   3  yn Wd ḏ-N(ṣb) w-mlk b-←Qdhm
   4  b-ywm ʿmyṯʿ

Apparatus
3Qdhm might be a name of group.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾlydʿ son of ʾlw-
   2  kl dedicated to ḏ-Rṣf and was
   3  qyn of Wd ḏ-Nṣb and governed in Qdhm,
   4  at the time of ʿmyṯʿ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 29827
Support typeArtefact » Offering table » With bull head as gutter
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 35, w. 53, th. 31
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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: 26-27, cat. 15Arbach, 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]
Avanzini 2011: 45-46Avanzini, Alessandra 2011. Les inscriptions. (Chapitre 4). Pages 43-55 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Le sanctuaire de ʿAthtar dhû-Riṣâf d'as-Sawdâʾ. (Arabia Antica, 7). Rome: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.
Rossi 2022: 108-109, 457, fig. 7Rossi, 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.