Av. Baynūn 2 BynM 276
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 | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| See ThUM 68 for a similar object dedicated to the same deity. |
TEXT
1 ʾls²rḥ hqny-l
2 mrʾ-hw Bʿl-Fqḥnm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾls²rḥ dedicated to 2 his Lord, Master of Fqḥnm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Baynūn, Museum, BynM 276 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 16.5, w. 13.5, th. 10 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Baynūn |
| Ancient site | Bynn |
| Geographical area | Khawlân |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1985: 97-98, pl. 22 | Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze. |
| Prioletta 2013 a: 110, no. 23 | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Inscriptions from the southern highlands of Yemen. The epigraphic collections of the museums of Baynūn and Dhamār. (Arabia Antica, 8). Roma: L'«Erma» di Bretschneider. |