Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
In an other side of the stone: ʾlwkl; perhaps the engraver's signature. |
English | |
1 ʾbḥmd of the family Hbrrm dedicated to Rbs² and ʾhln and S²ms¹ R- 2 bs² and the gods of the temple when she was priestess for the third time with Lḥyʿm and W- 3 hbʾl and Ys²rḥʾl sons of Nbṭʿly from the family Hbrrm a bronze sta- 4 tue. ʾbḥmd has committed to the protection of Rbs² and ʾhln and S²ms¹ Rbs² her person and 5 the men of the house (lit: of their family). She committed her dedication against anyone who may damage or move it from its place. |
Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, 409 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 20, w. 36.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
Link to site record |
Avanzini et al. 1994: 26-27, pl. 10/1 | Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA., Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 1994. Materiali per il Corpus Qatabanico. Raydān, 6: 17-36. |