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CIAS 34.51/o 6
CIAS: i, 27
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4-4.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Nṣrm Yhʾmn
2 bn Hmdn hqn—
3 y s²ym-hmw Tʾ—
4 lb Rymm bʿl
5 Ḥdṯnn ḏn ṣ—
6 lmn l-wfy k—
7 l mngt tnḍ—
8 [ʿ-hw ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nṣrm Yhʾmn, 2 ibn Hamdān, dedicated 3 to their patron Tʾlb 4 Rymm, Master of 5 Ḥdṯnn, this 6 statue, for the success in all 7 the luck he 8 implored Him [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 373 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 43, w. 29, th. 24 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Nāʿiṭ |
| Ancient site | Nʿṭm |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḥdṯnn |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 27-28 (photo) | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |