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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Script cursus Boustrophedon
Measure of letters 8
Chronology
Textual typology Dedicatory text
TEXT marker
1 ʿlqb bn Ftḥm hqn— 2 y ʾlmqh kl wld-hw
Apparatus 2 The letters k and d are reversed.
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 ʿlbq, son of Ftḥm, dedi-
2 cated to ʾlmqh all his children.
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit Unknown (Private collection) Support type Stone inscription Material Stone Measures h. 20, w. 54.3, th. 11.5 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin and provenance Modern site al-Hāmid Ancient site Unknown Geographical area Tihāma centrale Country Yemen Archaeological context Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Notes The stone inscription was discovered in a small site located 5 km east of al-Hāmid. Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYJamme 1981 : 96, pl. 1Jamme, Albert W.F. 1981. Pre-islamic Arabian Miscellanea. Pages 95-112 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag . Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität.