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RES 3993 Ja 421
Ja 421
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
Ja 421
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
RES 3993
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 53, figs 27-28
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 53, figs 27-28
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.5-6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
GENERAL NOTES
| Ja 421 is only a part of RES 3993. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]bn S¹ḫymm ʾq—
2 [wl ... ...] s²lṯ ḏ-Hgrm
3 [... ...]m ṣlmynh[n]
4 [...](q)ny-hw (l)-↯[... ...]↯-(h)mw w-wf(y)
5 s²ʿb-hmw ḏ-S²b↯[... ... ]↯w-l s¹ʿd-(h)[m]—
6 (w) nʿmtm w-bry↯[ ... ...]↯(ḏ)[... ...]
7 [...](m w)-(l s¹ʿd)-(h)[mw ... ...]
| The beginning of ll.4-6 and l.7 are Ja 421. | |
| 1-2 | Possible restoration, on the basis of Ja 413 from Shibām al-Ghirās: ʾq[wl s²ʿbn S¹mʿy] s²lṯ ḏ-Hgrm. Empty (?) space between l. 2 and l. 3. |
| 3 | Possible restoration: [hqnyw s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rym]m. |
| 6-7 | w-bry[ ʾʾ](ḏ)[nm w-mqy][mt]m (Mordtmann and Mittwoch). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Roma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 13018/16030 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | Ja 421: h. 25, w. 27.4 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The two stones were fragments of a wall. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 53-54, figs 27-28 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Ansaldi 1933: fig. 86 (Ja 421) | Ansaldi, 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. |
| Jamme 1956 a: 39-41, pl. IV/421 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120. |