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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
GENERAL NOTES
On the basis of palaeography, Gajda maintains that the inscription could be a fragment of Be wādī Sana.
TEXT marker
1 [Lḥy]ʿt ʾymn w[... ...] 2 [... ...]-hmw Mʿdkrb Ymgd [... ...] 3 [bnw ]ḏ-Mnkrm ʾqwl w-m[... ...] 4 [... ...]Bs³ʾyn hyfʿw w-h[... ...] 5 [... ...]
Apparatus 3-4 the editors integrate w-m[ḥrg s²ʿbn]. However, elsewhere Bs³ʾyn is always attested as a name of clan.
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit al-Mukallā, Museum, 157 Support type Stone inscription Material Stone Measures h. 35, w. 38 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin and provenance Modern site Qāra Ḥabashiyya Ancient site Unknown Geographical area wādī Sanāʾ Country Yemen Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYBāfaqīh 1994 a : 13-16, pl. 3Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1994. Nuqūš wa-dalālāt. Raydān , 6: 6-26. [Arabic section] Gajda 1997 : 170-171Gajda, 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).