Bafāqīh 2001 4 CSAI I, 42
Bāfaqīh 2001: 24, pl. 3
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Wdʾb ʿs²q
2 bʾrn Rḥbt
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wdʾb excavated 2 the well Rḥbt. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 31, w. 48 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Yfs² |
| Notes | The inscription is now detached and placed on the ground. The well Rḥbt mentioned in the text was probably related with the house Yfs², where the inscription has been found. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh 2001: 16, photo | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 2001. Nuqūš wa-dalālāt 2. Raydān, 7: 10-28. [Arabic section] |