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as-Sawdāʾ 50 RES 2877


Avanzini 1995: pl. 32/a

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 letters2.8
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...](t) w-Bs²mm [... ...]
   2  [... ...]m[..]n w-l ys²ṣynn (r)[... ...]
   3  [... ...]n(n) [...]n w-(b)tln hmy rbʿ(n) |
   4  [... ...] (ʾ)lnʾn f-l yʿḏbnn kl |
   5  [... ...] ʿly-h(n) [w-](s¹f)l-hn w(ln) [... ...]

Apparatus
3(b)tln or (s²)tln.

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] and Bs²mm [... ...]
   2  [... ...] and let them give the evil eye [... ...]
   3  [... ...]
   4  and let them repair everything
   5  [... ...] the upper part and the lower part [... ...]
Avanzini 1995: 168Avanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 31, w. 106
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
NotesRuins near the middle of the west part of the city wall.
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CULTURAL NOTES

Bs²mm is a Qatabanian god attested in another Minaic inscription, Gajda 2001, and in the Sabaean text CIH 545.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1995: 167-169, pl. 32/aAvanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]