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al-Ṣilwī 2
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 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The editor did not see the original inscription, but only a transcription by a local inhabitant. |
TEXT
1 Hlkʾmr bn Ḏmrydʿ ḏ-Mw—
2 s³dn w-bn-hw Lḥyʿṯt hqn—
3 yy ʾlmqh ʿd Nʿmn ms³ndn w-ʾn—
4 fs¹-hmy w-wld-hmy w-qny-hmy ywm
5 hṯb-hmy s²ʿb-hmy tʾmnm b-rs²wt-h—
6 my b-mbny mḥrmn Nʿmn b-ʿṯt—
7 r w-b-ʾlmqh w-b ḏt Ḥmym w-b
8 ḏt Bʿdnm w-b s²ʿb-hmy ḏ-Wrwr
9 w-Ḥ[..]n w-rṯdy ʾlmqh hqnyt-hmy
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hlkʾmr son of Ḏmrydʿ ḏ-Mw— 2 s³dn, and his son Lḥyʿṯt dedicated to 3 ʾlmqh at Nʿmn the inscription and themselves 4 and their sons and their properties, when 5 their tribe expressed gratitude to them during their priesthood 6 in the construction of the sanctuary Nʿmn. By ʿṯtr 7 and by ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym and by 8 ḏt Bʿdnm and by their tribe ḏ-Wrwr 9 and ... and they committed to ʾlmqh their dedication. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Warwar) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Warwar |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Ṣilwī 1996: 22-51 | al-Ṣilwī, Ibrāhim 1996. Naqš ǧadīd min wādī Warwar. Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hi al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya. Maǧallat Kulliyyat al-Ādāb, 19: 22-51. |