RES 2701 Q 11; CSAI I, 182
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 3.7 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The presence of nfs¹ suggests that the inscription should be dated to period B. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 [ . ]bn ḏ-ʾrbʿt[ ... ...]
3 s²nṣm nfs¹-s¹ w-ʾ[ḏn-s¹ ... ...]
4 Nbṭʾl Ḏrʾkr[b ... ... b-ʾ]—
5 nby S²ymn w-b-W[... ...]—
6 w w-rṯd ʾlhy [... ...]
| 1 | [... ...]ʾl w-b[n-s¹ ... ...] (Jamme). |
| 3 | Jamme 1971: 57 translates [b-]s²nṣm as "avec soin", which is highly doubtful. The reading itself is odd with the n attached to ṣ. It could be an epithet of the god to whom the author's soul anf faculties are dedicated. |
| 5 | W(t)[r ... ...] (Jamme). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125348=1863,0205.2 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 27, w. 17, th. 25 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | If the provenance of the inscription (near Aden) is true, this is an interesting historical datum. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b | 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] |