DASI ID: ID: 2493
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"Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 5/12"
Text:
Translations:
1Ḥmʿṯt son of ʿm- 2nyhn, for the testimony (?) of Y- 3hrmlk and Nashshān, dedicated (?) 4to ʿṯtr ḏ-Grb 5himself, his sons and 6his property.
Translation Notes:
3-4the translation "dedicated" is determined by the context, as there are no comparisons for the verb ḥṯd, which could be a writer's error (for rṯd or s¹ḥdṯ?).
Chronological
Period: A (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 28, w. 32, th. 10
Letter Measure: 4
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: as-Sawdāʾ, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ns²n
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
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