DASI ID: ID: 3227
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"Antonini 2008: 218, pl. 1/1-2"
Text:
Translations:
1Ydʿʾb and Ys²hrmlk, the two kings of Nashshān, and their tribe Nashshān dedicated 2to ʿṯtr Lord of ʾḏnn the two ḥfn from His offerings.
Translation Notes:
The word ḥfn is a frequent proper name, but as a common noun is rare in South-Arabian. It is usually referred to offerings, but the exact meaning is unknown. The semitic root means "handle", but it is difficult to establish its value in this text, as we don't know the function of the two objects it designates.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Sculpture in the round → Animal figure
Materials: Bronze
Measures: h. 50, w. 70
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
View: In profile
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Lion
Animal Gestures:
Moving
Part Of Animal Body: Complete figure
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Cast
Royal Inscription: Yes
Spatial
Site: as-Sawdāʾ, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ns²n
Type of Site: Settlement
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