Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
2 | Integration based on RES 4329/3. |
English | |
1 [......] and to the gods of the temple Rwyn, four statues [... ...] 2 [......]bm and to the gods of the temple Rwyn, the offering (Ṯwb) and all [... ...] 3 [......] from their places; and all they possessed, and by [... ...] 4 [......] and by their lords the kings of Qatabān, and by their tribe [... ...] |
2 | Ṯwb could be a proper name (see ATM 860). |
Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 859 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 30, w. 35, th. 17 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
Ancient site | Hrbt |
Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Rwyn |
Link to site record |
Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 52-53, fig. 88 (3) | Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103. |