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Mon.script.sab. 7 B


Stein 2013: 152, fig. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMinuscule writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodRy IId. Conjectural

GENERAL NOTES

The identical texts Mon.script.sab. 7 B, C and D are written on the left and right margins of the same stick bearing the incantation text Mon.script.sab. 7 A. Cf. the latter for additional information.

TEXT

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   1  Wdm s²kwm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  (The god) Waddum is hope.
1S²kwm may be a predicate or a proper name. The root S²KW could be etymologically connected with ŚKY ("look out, expect, hope") in North-West Semitic (Stein 2013: 157).
Stein 2013: 157-158Stein, Peter 2013. The first incantation from Ancient South Arabia. Pages 151-160 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mon.script.sab. 7
Support typeStick
MaterialPalm leaf stalk
Dimensionsw. 32
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteUnknown (wādī al-Jawf)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jawf
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

Note the formula Wdm s²kwm "Wadd is hope", scarcely attested with respect to the apotropaic "Wdm ʾbm".

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stein 2013: 151-160, fig. 1Stein, Peter 2013. The first incantation from Ancient South Arabia. Pages 151-160 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.