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RES 4712 Ja 495; Ry 183
Cesare Ansaldi
Ansaldi 1933: fig. 17/e
Ansaldi 1933: fig. 17/e
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [ʾ]ls²rḥ ʾḥ(ḍ)n w-ʾ(ḫy)-(h)w ʿrbm ʾrym w-[... ...]
2 ʾs²wʿ w-bn(y)-hmw Mʿdkrb Yzʾn w-ʿbdm ʾ[.... w-.]—
3 bʾl ʾ(wk)n bnw ḏ-Nʿmt ʾqwl s²ʿbn S¹(h)[mn ....]
4 w-hwṯrn w-hs²qrn byt-hmw Ykrb b(n) [... ...]
| 3 | For the tribe S¹hmn, see Ja 494 At the end of the line: brʾw (Jamme). |
| 4 | [mwṯr-hw ʿdy mrymm b-ʾlmqh] (Jamme) |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾls²rḥ ʾḥḍn and his brothers ʿrbm ʾrym and [... ...] 2 ʾs²wʿ, and their sons Mʿdkrb Yzʾn and ʿbdm ʾ[... ...]bʾl 3 ʾwkn, of the banū Nʿmt, ʾqwl of the tribe S¹hmn [....], 4 laid the foundations and completed their house Ykrb from [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Ykrb |
| Notes | The territory of the family ḏ-Nʿmt and the tribe S¹hmn was located about 20 Km south-west of Ṣanʿāʾ. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ansaldi 1933: fig 17/e | Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche. |
| Jamme 1954 b: 329-332 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1954. Inscriptions du Musée de Ṣanʿāʾ, d'après les photographies de M.C. Ansaldi. Le Muséon, 67: 323-338. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937: 257-258 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quatrième série. Le Muséon, 50: 239-268. |