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Ja 420 Ry 195; RES 4724


By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5-5.5
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...](d)[... ...]
   2  [... ...]w w-l-ḫryn-hm[w ... ...]
   3  [... ... ](T)ʾlb ḍr w-s²nʾ ʾ(d)[... ...]
   4  [... ...](ʾ)ḏnm w-mqymtm w-l s¹ʿd[... ...]
   5  [... ... ys]¹tmlʾnn b-ʿm-hw w-l-s¹ʿ(d)[... ...]
   6  [... ...]w w-wfy byt-h(mw) [... ...]
   7  [... ...] Tʾlb [... ...]

Apparatus
1[... ... l-s¹ʿ](d)[-hmw ... ...] (Jamme).
3ʾ(dm)[... ...] (Jamme).
4[... ... ʾ](ʾḏ)nm (Jamme).
5(s¹)ʿ(d)-[hmw ... ...] (Ryckmans and Jamme).
6[... ... wfy-h](m)w w-wfy byt-hmw [Rymn ... ...] (Jamme). The same integration at the beginning of the line by Ryckmans.
7[... ... s²ym-h](mw Tʾlb)[ w-... ...] (Jamme).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] and may He preserve them [... ...]
   3  [... ...] Tʾlb any foe and enemy of [... ...]
   4  [... ...] faculties and material resources and may He grant [... ...]
   5  [... ... the favours] they will seek from Him and may He grant [... ...]
   6  [... ...] and the safety of their house [... ...]
   7  [... ...] Tʾlb [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 13011/16023
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 37, w. 39, th. 8-8.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ansaldi 1933: fig. 85Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937: 261Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quatrième série. Le Muséon, 50: 239-268.
Jamme 1956 a: 36-39, pl. III/420Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.
Mazzini 2012: 236, cat. 51Mazzini, Giovanni 2012. Catalogo. Iscrizioni. Pages 232-237 in Sabina Antonini, Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Il trono della regina di Saba. Cultura e diplomazia fra Italia e Yemen. La Collezione Sudarabica del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale. Rome: Artemide.