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Nihm/al-Quṭra 17 MAFRAY-al-Madīd 2
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 59, pl. 56
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 | 2.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The editor (Frantsouzoff 2016: 143) proposes a date around the 4th century AD: one of the most recent dedications to Talab. |
TEXT
1 ʾws¹n ʾs²w b[n .—
2 ...](m) (b)n (ʾqlʾ) [hq]—
3 ny (T)ʾlb (R)y(m)[m bʿl
4 Qdm ʾd](m)m m(qṭ)[rn]
| 3-4 | [bʿl Qdm ʾd]mm: hypothetical integration. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Awsān Ashwaʿ fi[ls de . 2 ...]um (du lignage) de Aqlaʾ [a dé- 3 dié] à Taʾlab Riyām[um, Seigneur 4 de Qadm Ada]mim le brûle-par[fums] |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 143-144 | 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 (mqṭr) |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 26, w. 17 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Madīd |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | This fragment was shown by an inhabitant of the village of al-Madīd. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Quṭra |
| Ancient site | Mṭrtm |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Qdm ʾdmm |
| Notes | bʿl Qdm ʾdmm is integrated. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 143-144, pl. 56 | 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] |