DASI ID: ID: 2747
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"Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 1/3"
Text:
Translations:
1S¹mhyfʿ Ys¹rn son of Lbʾn, king of Nshshān, restored the temple of Wd [... ...] as obligation of 2Ydʿʾb, from which He released him, and he built in the construction (or: in Brʾ) a mnfs¹, in which he settled a man by the command of Wd.
Translation Notes:
1-2"le temple de Wadd dhu-Naṣab qu'avait fondé Yadaʿʾab en exécution de ses obligations" (Robin and Arbach 2004).
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Architectural element → Architectural decoration
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 85, w. 156, th. 28
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Monogram Name: S¹mhyfʿ
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Symbol Shape: Snake
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: Wd
Symbol Shape: Letter B
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Letter Measure: 9
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: al-Jawf 04.3
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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