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CIAS P 47/p 2/97.71 RES 2646; Q 9; CSAI I, 303
CIAS: i, 443
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 S¹hlm Ḏrʾn w-ḥs¹y w-ns¹—
2 ym l-ḏm b-yns²ʾ mʿmrn bn [... ...]
| 1 | the name is probably female. |
| 2 | at the end: [brṯ-s¹]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹hlm Ḏrʾn and silence and oblivion 2 to whom removes this memorial from [its place]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bombay, Museum, Bom 3 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief (mʿmr) |
| Subject | Woman |
| Material | Marble |
| Dimensions | h. 27, w. 18 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jūba) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 441-444, 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] |
| Avanzini 2004 b: 151 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. The 'Stèles à la déesse': problems of interpreting and dating. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 27: 145-152. |