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UAM 266 CSAI III, 11
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Mʿ(dʾ)l S¹l(ḥ)n mlk (ʾw)s¹n s¹[ḥ](dṯ) l-(ʿṯtr) ḏ-[... ...] (m)[ṣ]—
2 rbn ʿd mḥrm-s¹ |
| 1 | (ʿṯtr) ḏ-[...]m (Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mʿdʾl S¹lḥn king of Awsan restored for ʿṯtr ḏ-[... ...] the 2 altar in His temple. |
| Avanzini 2004 a: 544 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, University Museum, UAM 266 |
| Support type | Artefact » Offering table » With plain gutter (mṣrb) |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 14, w. 89, th. 35 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Ḫawra) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Ḫawra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach 2001: 107-108, fig. 7 | Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Arbach, Mounir 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Musée de l'Université d'Aden. Raydān, 7: 103-124. |