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Collection privée yéménite 2016-1
Prioletta and Arbach 2016: 210, fig. 1
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 | Casting | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| For the palaeographical date, see Prioletta and Arbach 2016: 209. |
TEXT
1 ʾws¹ṯt bn Ṣ—
2 bḥrm hqny ʾ—
3 lmqh bʿl bkl—
4 n Ns²qm ṭnf ḏh—
5 bn b-ḏt hwfy-hw
6 b-ḏt tnbʾ-hw w-
7 yhwfyn-hw (b)-
8 [ʾ]lmq(h)
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾws¹ṯt, of the family 2 Ṣbḥrm, dedicated to 3 ʾlmqh, Lord of the settlers 4 of Ns²qm, the plaque in 5 bronze because He granted him 6 what he asked Him; 7 might He gratify him. 8 By ʾlmqh. |
| 6 | Following the editors the subject of tnbʾ is the author of the plaque. |
| Prioletta and Arbach 2016: 209-211 | Prioletta, Alessia and Arbach, Mounir 2016. Nouveaux documents sabéens. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 9: 209-214. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework (ṭnf) |
| Material | Bronze |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²qm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Prioletta and Arbach 2016: 209-211, fig. 1 | Prioletta, Alessia and Arbach, Mounir 2016. Nouveaux documents sabéens. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 9: 209-214. |