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Av. Manāsa 1


Avanzini 1986: pl. III/6

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The writing of the letter b with a horizontal trait suggests a dating to the 3rd century AD (Avanzini).

TEXT

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   1  [... ...](m) w-Ṣbḥm w-[... ...]—
   2  ʾl w-S¹lmn ḥwr Ytr[.]
   3  hqḥw ḏn mq[ṭ]rn l-ʾs²ms¹-h—
   4  [m](w) l-hʿll-hmw w-s²(fq)-hmw

Apparatus
2Notwithstanding the attestation of the ancient name of Aqmar "Ytrm" in Av. Aqmar 1, according to Avanzini a reading Ytr(m) should be discarded here in favour of Ytr(t). The interpretation is twofold: these are two graphic variants of the same toponym, or two different but similar toponyms.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]m and Ṣbḥm and [... ...]ʾl
   2  and S¹lmn, inhabitants of Ytr[.]
   3  finished off this incense burner for their solar gods
   4  and may They protect them and give them abundance.
4The reading s²fq-hmw is dubious. This would be the first attestation of the 02 stem of the denominative verb s²fq, from s²fq "abundance" (Avanzini).
Avanzini 1986: 202Avanzini, Alessandra 1986. La missione dell'Università di Firenze nello Yemen del Nord: notizie preliminari su alcuni risultati della campagna del dicembre 1985. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 9: 199-207.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner (mqṭr)
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 21
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteManāsa
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMayfaʿat ʿAns
CountryYemen
NotesThe inhabitants of the village affirmed a provenance of the ancient objects of Manāsa from the near site of Ḥammat Ḏiyāb.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1986: 202-203, pl. III/5-6Avanzini, Alessandra 1986. La missione dell'Università di Firenze nello Yemen del Nord: notizie preliminari su alcuni risultati della campagna del dicembre 1985. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 9: 199-207.