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Schm/al-Masājid 1 Y.87.YR/1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]byt Hwbs¹ ywm nyl Hw—
2 bs¹ w-ʾlm ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn w-h[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] temple of Hwbs¹, when he made offerings to Hw- 2 bs¹ and celebrated the ritual banquet for ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn and [... ...] |
| 1 | nyl according to Müller 1993: 23 means "to join" and alludes to a sacred marriage between the king and the deity. |
| Müller, Walter W. 1993: 23 | Müller, Walter W. 1993. Heilige Hochzeit im antiken Südarabien. Pages 15-28 in André Gingrich, Johann Heiss, Sylvia Haas, Gabriele Paleczek and Thomas Fillitz (eds). Studies in Oriental Culture and History. Festschrift for Walter Dostal. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Masājid |
| Ancient site | Mʿrbm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Yalā |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Yaʿrā |
| Ancient site | Yʿrtm |
| Geographical area | al-Jūba |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The modern village of Yaʿrā is located at 10 km East from the site of al-Masājid. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Gnoli 1987: 443-444, fig. 2 | Gnoli, Gherardo 1987. South Arabian Notes, 2. East and West, 37: 441-450. |
| Müller, Walter W. 1993: 23 | Müller, Walter W. 1993. Heilige Hochzeit im antiken Südarabien. Pages 15-28 in André Gingrich, Johann Heiss, Sylvia Haas, Gabriele Paleczek and Thomas Fillitz (eds). Studies in Oriental Culture and History. Festschrift for Walter Dostal. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. |