Ja 364 TC 1667; Q 511; CSAI I, 600
Cleveland 1965: pl.77/tc1667
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2 |
TEXT
1 mqf ʾs¹n
2 ḏ-Mḥḍrm
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (mqf) |
| Top | Concave |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 10.5, w. 12.1, th. 3.2 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Notes | According to Jamme, this inscription might come from the sanctuary of Rṣfm, dedicated to ʾnby S²ymn and located at the west side of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 207 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires. |
| Cleveland 1965: 57-58, pl. 77 | Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |