MQ-Bayt aṣ Ṣuraymī 6 CSAI I, 105
Arbach et al. 2001: 62-63, fig. 37
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S²[..]m (bn) ʿ[... ...]—
2 m[..]r [s¹]qn—
3 y ʿ[m] ḏ-[..]r
4 nf[s¹]-s¹ w-ʾḏ—
5 n-s¹ w-kl wl—
6 d-s¹ (b)-ʿm w-(b)
7 ʾnby w-b Y—
8 dʿʾb Ygl
| 1-2 | the editors read [ʿ](mḏḫ)r. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²[..]m son of ʿ- 2 m[..]r dedicated 3 to ʿm ḏ-[..]r 4 his life and his fa- 5 culties and all his chil- 6 dren; by ʿm and by 7 ʾnby and by Y- 8 dʿʾb Ygl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown, Unknown (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 58.5, w. 35 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt aṣ-Ṣuraymī |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Rīyāshīya |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach et al. 2001: 62-63, fig. 37 | Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101. |