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Av. al-Abl 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ... ](ʿ)hdw w-rṯd S²mr w-bnw [... ...]
2 [... ... ʿ]ṯtr bʿl Ṣnʿ w-ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm w-ʿṯtr bʿl [... ...]
3 [... ...]m w-ʿhdw w-rṯd s¹r-hmw ḏ-ʿly bn ḫṭʾ w[... ...]
4 [... ...]-hw w-ʾḍrk-hw w-fnywt-hw w-ʾzlt-hw w-[... ...]
5 [... ...]w w-kl mwdt-hw w-l yʿtbrnn kl ʾlʾlt [... ...]
6 [... ...]nqy[... ...]
| 6 | Some more letters are partially visible: [... ...](lb)[... ...](m)[... ...](ṯt)[... ...](nqy)[... ...] (Avanzini). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] S²mr and the banū [... ...] took care and placed under divine protection [... ...] 2 [... ...] ʿṯtr Lord of Ṣnʿ and ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm and ʿṯtr Lord of [... ...] 3 [... ...] they took care and placed under divine protection their valley field which is in high, against the offense and [... ...] 4 [... ...] of him and its cisterns and its canals and its drainage platforms and [... ...] 5 [... ...] and all his "friends", and may all the gods take under their protection [... ...] 6 [... ...] |
| Avanzini 1986: 200 | Avanzini, 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 type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 29, w. 37, th. 14 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Abl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Mayfaʿat ʿAns |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Ḥammat Dhīyāb |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Mayfaʿat ʿAns |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1986: 200-202, pl. III/4 | Avanzini, 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. |