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MIbb 3


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

All the inscriptions on bronze housed in the Museum of Ibb coming from the jabal al-ʿAwd are published on CSAI under the authority of GOAM. The publication rights are retained by DAI.

TEXT

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   1  Nʾ(d)n ḏ-Ṣdqn s²m

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Nʾd of Ṣdqn did put (this object).
Jändl 2009: 149Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth.

English

   1  We witness this document to Shams.
Simpson 2002: 133Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositIbb, Museum, MIbb 3
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 23, w. 14
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal al-ʿAwd
Ancient siteʿwdm
Geographical areaJabal al-ʿAwd
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Catalogue 2000: 404, cat. 4342000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira.
Simpson 2002: 133, cat. 162Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London]
ʿAlī ʿAqīl and Antonini 2007: 245, photoʿAlī ʿAqīl,ʿAzza and Antonini, Sabina 2007. Bronzi sudarabici di periodo preislamico. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 3. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Jändl 2009: 149Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth.
Fleischer and Schulz 2012: 17-23, figs. 14-16Fleischer, Robert and Schulz, Regine 2012. Figurale Bronzen ägyptischer und griechisch-römischer Art vom Jabal al-ʿAwd, Jemen. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 13: 1-90.