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SKAZsz 3144 MNW SKAZsz 314
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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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| This inscription was published under the siglum SKAZsz 314 by S. Weninger. We thank MNW's curator Magdalena Pinker for pointing out that the Museum archival siglum is SKAZsz 3144 MNW (personal communication; 2026/01/21). |
TEXT
1 [...]d ʾs²wʿ w-ʾḫy-hw [.]
2 [..]m w-Rṯds²ms¹m b[ny]
3 Kwmrm ʾdm mlkn h[q]—
4 nyw s²ym-hmw Wdm ḏ-ʾṣ[.]
5 [.] (ṣ)lmn ḥmdm b-ḏt
6 [wzʾ f]rqn grb ʿbd-hw ʾ—
7 [... ...] nṣʿt ʾḥd ʿm
8 [... ...] nḫl [..]
| 6 | At the beginning, integration by the editor. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [ʾAs¹ʿa]d ʾAs²waʿ and his brothers [.] 2 ..m and Raṯads²ams¹um, sons of 3 (the clan of) Kawmarum, the servants of the king, have 4 dedicated to their patron deity Waddum of ʾAṣ(...) 5 the statue in gratitude because he continued 6 to protect the person of his servant ʾ- 7 [As¹ʿad] (...) one (...) 8 (...) palm plantation (...) |
| Weninger 2017: 413-414 | Weninger, Stefan 2017. A middle Sabaean dedicatory inscription from the Warsaw National Museum. Semitica, 59: 409-414. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Warsaw, National Museum in Warsaw (Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie), SKAZsz 3144 MNW |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 38.5, w. 30.8, th. 2.8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (Yemen) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Weninger 2017 | Weninger, Stefan 2017. A middle Sabaean dedicatory inscription from the Warsaw National Museum. Semitica, 59: 409-414. |
EXTERNAL MATCHES
| https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/501991 |