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Ja 2207
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Fḥmn hqny M—
2 ʿdkṯ rgl-h ʾ—
3 mr ʾlmqh qd—
4 m w-s²wʿ Rʾb |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Fḥmn a consacré M- 2 ʿdkṯ, son garde, selon l'or- 3 dre de Almaqah, [qui] a pris soin 4 et a aidé Rʾb. |
| Jamme 1971 b: 52 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 117805=1925,0923.1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Personal adornment » Pendant |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | l. 4.31, w. 0.93, th. 0.74, wt. 19.5 g |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (Aden governorate) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 52 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |