BynM 5
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 nṣbt Ḏrḥm ḏt-R(m)[l]—
2 n w-ʿm l-yʿr ḏ-ynfṯ(n)
3 ḏt nṣbtn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Memorial of Ḏrḥm of Rmln 2 And may ʿm shame the one who will violate 3 this memorial. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Baynūn, Museum, BynM 5 |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab (nṣbt) |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 48, w. 25.5, th. 4 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
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CULTURAL NOTES
The invocation to the Qatabanian god ʿm in a text written in Sabaic (or with "Sabaic" features ?) must be explained with a provenance of the inscription from the southern plateau regions once under the rule of Qataban.