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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Chronology
Textual typology Dedicatory text - fragmentary
TEXT marker
1 ʾnmrm bn Ḏrʾ[... ... S²]— 2 ymn ṣlm ḏhbn b-ḏ(t)[m ... ...] 3 bn-s¹ww Ḏrʾkrb w-ʿ[... ...]
Apparatus 1 Ḏrʾ[ could be a name of a group; we can integrate: [s¹qny ʾnby S²]ymn
OBJECT INFORMATIONSupport type Artefact » Base » Of statue Material Alabaster Measures h. 11.8, w. 13.7, th. 9.9 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin Modern site Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl Ancient site Unknown Geographical area Wādī Bayḥān Country Yemen Archaeological context Funerary context: Necropolis Notes The inscription probably comes from the sanctuary of Rṣfm, located at the west side of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis (see for example Ja 354). Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYCleveland 1965 : 97, pl. 85Cleveland, 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.