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Lu 3


Sharafaddīn 1961: 19

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters1.8-2.5

TEXT

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   1  ḫlt S²wfḥr—
   2  m ḏt ʿrrn w-l-
   3  tḥgrn ʿly ʾwl—
   4  d-hw

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Funeral monument of S²wfḥrm,
   2  of the family ʿrrn; may it be preserved for her
   3  children.
2-4Jamme translates "and may it remain interdicted thanks to her children"; Lundin: "but this will be shut out against his children".
Jamme 1976: 124Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 333
Support typeArtefact » Plaque (ḫlt)
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 19.5, w. 18.8, th. 2.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteʿAmrān
Ancient siteʿmrn
Geographical areaʿAmrān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sharafaddīn 1961: 19 (top left)Sharafaddīn, Aḥmad H. 1961. Yemen. Arabia Felix. Taʿizz.
Lundin 1963 a: 38-39, fig. 2Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1963. Novye južnoarabskie nadpisi muzeja v Ṣanʿa (I). Epigrafika Vostoka, 15: 36-50.
Jamme 1976: 124Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Jamme 1985: 246-247Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250301. [Privately printed]