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MNAO 14284


By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Garbini 1987: pl. 3

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision

TEXT

marker


   1  l-Ḫrfn ʾl—
   2  h Ḥywt((ḥywt))

Apparatus
1Dextrograde ḫ.
2Ḥywt is attested as a personal name. However, the epithets of a god are usually formed with names of places, sanctuaries or families. As a noun, ḥywt means "life" (but note the absence of nunation here).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  To Autumn, the god
   2  of Ḥywt (of life?)

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 14284/17755
Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 18, w. 15
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1987: 31, pl. 3Garbini, Giovanni 1987. Il dio "Autunno". Pages 29-34, pl. 3 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Messineo 2003: 68, cat. 36Messineo, Gaetano 2003. Profumi per gli dei dell'Arabia. Pages 67-69 in Paola D'Amore and Serafina Pennistrì (eds). Aromatica. Essenze, profumi e spezie tra Oriente e Occidente. Catalogo della Mostra, Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Roma 7 maggio - 8 luglio 2003. Rome: Elio de Rosa editore.
D'Amore 2012: 256, cat. 102D'Amore, Paola 2012. Catalogo. Arredi cultuali. Pages 256-258 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.