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Ja 497 RES 4714; Ry 185
Cesare Ansaldi
Ansaldi 1933: fig. 18/b
Ansaldi 1933: fig. 18/b
Cesare Ansaldi
Ansaldi 1933: fig. 18/b
Ansaldi 1933: fig. 18/b
Carl Rathjens
Rathjens 1953
Rathjens 1953
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 |
| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] Hllm bnyy w-hʿs¹ʾn ḏqnn w-[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] of Hllm, built and dug out the place of prayer and [... ...] |
| 1 | w-hʿs¹ʾn: "et fait construire en pierres" (Jamme 1954 b); "in Stein arbeiten lassen" (Höfner 1953). |
| Höfner 1953 | Höfner, Maria 1953. Review of Ryckmans, Gonzague 1936-1950. Répertoire d'épigraphie sémitique. Paris: Académie des inscriptions and belles-lettres. [RES VII/1, 1936 (RES 3847-4207); RES VII/2, 1938 (RES 4208-4664); RES VII/3, 1950 (RES 3947-5106)]. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 10: 150-153. |
| Jamme 1954 b: 334 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1954. Inscriptions du Musée de Ṣanʿāʾ, d'après les photographies de M.C. Ansaldi. Le Muséon, 67: 323-338. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 20, w. 85 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ghaymān |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Ghaymān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house |
| Notes | The stone inscription was reemployed in a modern house. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937: 258 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quatrième série. Le Muséon, 50: 239-268. |
| Ansaldi 1933: fig 18/b | 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: 334-334 (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1954. Inscriptions du Musée de Ṣanʿāʾ, d'après les photographies de M.C. Ansaldi. Le Muséon, 67: 323-338. |
| Rathjens 1953: 65, fig. 56 | Rathjens, Carl 1953. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. I. Teil. Der Reisebericht. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel. |
| Rathjens 1953: 65, fig. 56 | Rathjens, Carl 1953. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. I. Teil. Der Reisebericht. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel. |