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UAM 522
By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
photo by J. al-Ḥasanī, Unpublished.
photo by J. al-Ḥasanī, Unpublished.
By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
photo by J. al-Ḥasanī, Unpublished.
photo by J. al-Ḥasanī, Unpublished.
By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
photo by J. al-Ḥasanī, Unpublished.
photo by J. al-Ḥasanī, Unpublished.
By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
photo by J. al-Ḥasanī, Unpublished.
photo by J. al-Ḥasanī, Unpublished.
By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
photo by J. al-Ḥasanī, Unpublished.
photo by J. al-Ḥasanī, Unpublished.
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 2-3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Nwyt s¹hm ʾbʿm Qfln s¹qnyt | → (ʾ)m-s¹ ʾṯrt ʿd Y→s¹l ḥg-n tkrbt-s¹ ṣlm ḏhbn rṯd→t ʾṯrt wld-s¹ w-
2 ʾḏn-s¹
| The inscription runs along the sides of the base. | |
| 2 | The text is engraved on the fourth side of the base, above the text that precedes it. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nwyt servant of ʾbʿm Qfln dedicated to her mistress (?) ʾṯrt at Ys¹l, as she promised Her, the bronze statue; she entrusted to ʾṯrt her children and 2 her faculties. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, University Museum, UAM 522 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 6, w. 28, th. 13.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Ḥasanī 2011: 451-452, photo 3 | al-Ḥasanī, Jamal 2011. Nuqūsh Qatbāniyya ǧadīda min matḥaf ǧāmiʿat ʿAdan. Pages 445-460 in Al-nadwa al-ʿilmīya ʿAdan bawābat al-Yaman al-ḥaḍariyya 18-19 Yanāyir 2011, kulliyyat al-Adāb. Aden: Jamiʿat ʿAdan. |