INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 4.5 |
| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʿlbm(([... ...]ʿlbm)) w-Nbṭʿm bn Hwfʿṯt
2 [... ...] qbr-s¹my Yfʿt w-ms³wd-s¹ w-kl
3 [... ...] b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl tʿly
| Apparatus |
| 1 | [bn] Wgbm (Jamme); according to Hayajneh, neither ʿlbm nor ʿgbm are sure. | | 2 | [ʿsyw ẓrbw] (Hayajneh). | | 3 | [nfs¹h-s¹yw glm] (Hayajneh). |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 60.1306 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 19.7, w. 53 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
Origin| Modern site | Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd |
| Ancient site | ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Yfʿt |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 136 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]
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| Hayajneh 2002: 209-211, fig. 21 | Hayajneh, Hani 2002. Erneute Behandlung einiger altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13/2: 193-222.
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