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BynM 17
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
[... ...]
1 (ʾ)bk(r)[b ʾ]s¹ʿ(d)[ ... ... Ḥ]—
2 s³n Yhʾmn w-M[ʿdkrb Ynʿm ʾ]—
3 mlk S¹bʾ w-(ḏ)-[Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-]
4 Ymnt w-Ṭ[wd w-Thmt ... ...]
5 [b-]wrḫ-hw [... ...]
6 [ḫ]ms¹t w-[... ... w-ḫms¹ mʾtm]
| 4 | for Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133. In the royal title we find w-Ṭwd w-Thmt instead of the usual w-ʾʿrb-hmw Ṭwd w-Thmt. |
| 5 | letter r reversed. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Baynūn, Museum, BynM 17 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 21.5, th. 4.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Baynūn |
| Ancient site | Bynn |
| Geographical area | Khawlân |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
As the long title shows, the text follows ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd's expedition in central-western Arabia (Ry 509).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 2013 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |