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Ja 2897
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.55 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| There is no photo of the text; some remarks by Jamme on the script could suggest a date in the period E. |
TEXT
1 Mnʿm hqny l-mrʾt-
2 hw bʿlt Mfrs²—
3 m ḏn mqṭrn l-ḫmr-h—
4 w s³ḫlt ṣdqm w-l-ḫ—
5 mr-hw wfy ʾḫwt-hw
6 w-wfy ʾlwd-hmw
7 w-l ḫmr-hmw dṯʾ
8 w-ḫrf b-ʾrḍ-hmw
9 w-l-ʾḫrn kl s²nʾ-hmw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mnʿm dedicated to his mistress, 2 the Lady of Mfrs²m, 3 this incense burner; may She grant 4 him a satisfactory oracular decision (?) and may She grant 5 him the safety of his brothers 6 and the safety of their children; 7 may She grant them spring- 8 and autumn-crops in their land; 9 may She repel all their enemies. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner (mqṭr) |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | upper half: h. 23.5, w. 13.9; lower half: max. w. 21.6 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (Yemen) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1981: 97-98 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1981. Pre-islamic Arabian Miscellanea. Pages 95-112 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität. |