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Ja 512 Rossi 16
Jamme 1955 e: pl. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] S¹ʿfm [... ...]
2 [... ...hqny mrʾ-h]w ḏ-S¹my ʾl—
3 [h ʾmrm ... ...] S²ʿbm ṣ[l]mn ḏ-ḏ—
4 [hbn... ...-h]w w-mṣbḥ-hw l-w—
5 [fy-hw w-wfy ... ...]w w-ʾmṣr-hw w-[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ... S¹ʿfm ... 2 ... dedicated to his Lord] ḏ-S¹my, the God 3 of ʾmrm.......] S²ʿabm, the statue of 4 bronze ....] and his votive object for his safety 5 and the safety of ...] and of his camels (?) [... ...] |
| 5 | According to A.F.L. Beeston (Beeston 1979 b: 96) the term "ʾmṣr" could refer to some kind of camel; Jamme translated "auxiliaires". |
| Beeston 1979 b: 96 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1979. Studies in Sabaic Lexicography I. Raydān, 2: 89-100. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 10, w. 10 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shuʿūb |
| Ancient site | S²ʿbm |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1955 e: 109-110, pl. 1 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Inscriptions sud-arabes de la collection Ettore Rossi. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 30: 103-130. |
| Wissmann 1964 a: 145 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1964. Zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Alt-Südarabien. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 3. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 246). Vienna: Böhlaus. |