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Nihm/al-Quṭra 14 MAFRAY-Banū Miʿṣār 3
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 55, pl. 53
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 | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S³mk bn (W)hb [... ...]
2 w-b-ḫrf Lḥyʿ(ṯt) [bn Ynʿ]—
3 (m) bn-Dbs¹ w-l wzʾ (T)[ʾlb ṣd]—
4 q ʾdm-(hw) bny ʾs³w[f((ʾs³w[q]))] [..k]—
5 (l) ʾmlʾ ys¹tmlʾnn b-(ʿ)[m-hw]
6 [w-l]-(s¹)ʿd-hmw rḍw mrʾ-[hmw]
7 [... ...](r) w-bny-hw (ʾ)[...]
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 (Ś)amak fils de Wa(hab?)... ... 2 et au cours de l'année de Laḥayʿathat [fils de Yunʿ]- 3 im (?) (du lignage) de Dabs. Et pour que Ta[ʾlab] continue à [accom]- 4 plir pour Ses serviteurs, les fils de Aśwa[(f/q ?), tou]s 5 les oracles qu'ils solliciteront aup[rès de Lui] 6 [et qu']Il leur assure la faveur de [leur] seigneur 7 [... ...]r et de son (ses ?) fils ... |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 137-138 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 38, w. 27 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Banū Miʿsār/Maʿsār |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | Shown by an inhabitant of the village of Banū Miʿṣār (or Maʿṣār). |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Quṭra |
| Ancient site | Mṭrtm |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 137-138, pl. 53 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |