CIAS 95.11/w 5 n° 1 Q 913; Ja 3198; CSAI I, 172
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ...](mḏʾ)[... ...]
2 [... ...](m) w-ʿḏb(m) ʿs¹mm((ʿḏbm ʿs¹mm))[ ... ...]
3 [... ...](s¹)m B(s²m)m l-(yṯ)[... ...]
4 [... ...]ḏn ywmn l-ʾ(ḫr )[... ...]
5 [... ...](ʾ)l mrʾ-s¹(m) B(s²mm) ʾʾḏn-s¹(m)[ ... ...]
6 [... ...]l-s¹m w-ḏ-qnyw w-bʿl b-B(s²m)m (b)[... ...]
7 [... ...](m) w-(m)nḍḥ-s¹(m) ʿṯ(tr) ḏ-My[.]ʿ(l)[ ... ...]
| 2 | w-ʿḏḏm w-S¹lmn (CIAS). |
| 3 | s¹m btm l-[ʾ]ṯ[t-s¹m] (CIAS). |
| 6 | ḏ-qnyw w-Bʿl ḏ-Bs²mm (CIAS). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 224=AM 216 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Marble |
| Measures | h. 27.5, w. 22.5, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
There is another inscription dedicated to the god Bs²mm: RES 4336, in Marginal Qatabanic.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: ii, 225-226, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |