Ba 4
Bāfaqīh 1994 a: pl. 3
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| On the basis of palaeography, Gajda maintains that the inscription could be a fragment of Be wādī Sana. |
TEXT
1 [Lḥy]ʿt ʾymn w[... ...]
2 [... ...]-hmw Mʿdkrb Ymgd [... ...]
3 [bnw ]ḏ-Mnkrm ʾqwl w-m[... ...]
4 [... ...]Bs³ʾyn hyfʿw w-h[... ...]
5 [... ...]
| 3-4 | the editors integrate w-m[ḥrg s²ʿbn]. However, elsewhere Bs³ʾyn is always attested as a name of clan. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | al-Mukallā, Museum, 157 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 35, w. 38 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Qāra Ḥabashiyya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Sanāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh 1994 a: 13-16, pl. 3 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1994. Nuqūš wa-dalālāt. Raydān, 6: 6-26. [Arabic section] |
| Gajda 1997: 170-171 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |