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YM 28806
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 | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Period C or D (the editors date the text to the 2nd century AD). |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [l-s¹ʿ]d-hmw ʿs¹m ʿṯm[r ... ...]
2 [..]l-hʿnn-hmw bn nḍʿ[ w-s²ṣy s²n]—
3 ʾm ḏ-dʿw w-ḏ-ʾl dʿw b-[ʾlmqh]-
4 bʿl-S²bʿn w-ḏt Ns²qm
| The editors consider the text fragmentary only on its right side. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [may He] grant to them a large quantity of crops [... ...] 3 [... ...] may (He) protect them from the maleficence [and the malice of any enemy,] 4 the one they are aware of and the one they are not aware of; by [ʾlmqh] 5 Master of S²bʿn and ḏt Ns²qm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 28806 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 10.5, w. 15, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²qm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl S²bʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 38, cat. 20 | Arbach, 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] |