Kortler 6a
Müller, Walter W. 1978 b: pl. VII/20a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
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TEXT
1 ʾbyṯʿ Ġyln
2 bn ʾbʾnʿm
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Shuḍayf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
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CULTURAL NOTES
There are five inscriptions referring to Abīyathaʿ in the region of Najrān and wādī al-Shuḍayf. This personage is a local prince, descendant of the Amir kings and probably a king himself. He could be approximately dated to the 4th-3rd c. BC. Besides, it is not certain whether Abīyathaʿ of Najrān should be identified with the personage with this name found on the Arabian coins with imitation of Alexander (Robin and Prioletta 2013: 163).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 1978 b: 129-130, pl. VII/20a | Müller, Walter W. 1978. Sabäische Felsinschriften von der jemenitishen Grenze zur Rubʿ al-Ḫālī. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 3: 113-136. |
| Robin and Prioletta 2013: 163, fn. 176 | Robin, Christian J. and Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Nouveaux arguments en faveur d'une identification de la cité de Gerrha avec le royaume de Hagar (Arabie orientale). Semitica et Classica, 6: 131-185. |