TC 1335
Cleveland 1965: 160, pl.103
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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 [... ...] qyl—
2 [... ...] bn ḥg—
3 [... ...] (W)hbʾl |
4 [... ...L]ḥyʿṯt w-
5 [... ...]s¹m w-ʾbyt
6 [... ...ʾn]by w-b Bs²mm
7 [... ...] ḏt Ẓhrn w-b-
8 [... ... b]n ʿs²r s²bʿ—
9 [...]wr(n)
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 32.5, w. 13.5, th. 10.3 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Notes | It probably comes from the sanctuary of Rṣfm dedicated to ʾnby in the Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Cleveland 1965: 160, pl. 103 | Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |