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Ja 2225
Jamme 1972 b: 6, fig. 1
Jamme 1972 b: 6, fig. 1
Jamme 1972 b: 7, figs 2-4
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early 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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is the same as in Ja 2850, except for the name of the dedicated person. |
TEXT
1 ʾlṣdq bn Ḥnnʿṯt ḏ-Ḥfry hqny ʾlmqh← Mqmm b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh w-b ḏt-Ḥ←mym w-b ḏt-Bʿdn w-b Krbʾl |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlṣdq, son of Ḥnnʿṯt, of the family Ḥfry, dedicated to ʾlmqh Mqmm. By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh, ḏt-Ḥmym, ḏt-Bʿdn and by Krbʾl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Princeton, Princeton University Library, y1971-7 |
| Support type | Artefact » Offering table » With ibex frieze |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 63.8, w. 52.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Masājid |
| Ancient site | Mʿrbm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Yalā |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Mʿrbm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1972 b: 4-7, figs 1-4 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1972. A new inscribed sabaean offering table. Record of the Art Museum / Princeton University, 31: 4-7. |