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B 9578
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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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TEXT
1 (n)ṣb Ḥḍbt bn |
2 Tʿqs² (n)ṣb-hw
| Some unreadable letter on the top. | |
| Text roughly written. The letters n are reversed. | |
| 2 | After the proper name (of man? Group?) we suppose there was a blank space where the stone is now damaged. However, there could also be a lacuna with two letters missing. This consequently implies a different interpretation of the text (cf. the translation). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥḍbt of Tʿqs² 2 did set up his memorial. |
| An alternative interpretation is "Memorial of Ḥḍbt of Tʿqs² [..] his memorial (or: [which] he did set up)". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, B 9578 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with scene (nṣb) |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 32, w. 30, th. 7 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ṣnʿw |
| Geographical area | Sanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |