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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Textual typology Dedicatory text - fragmentary
TEXT marker
1 [... ... ]ṣlm ḏ— 2 [hbn ... ...] Hwfʿm
Apparatus 2 Hwfʿm could be the name of a king.
OBJECT INFORMATIONSupport type Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription Material Alabaster Measures h. 15, w. 7.7, th. 7.4 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 It probably comes from the sanctuary of Rṣfm dedicated to ʾnby in the Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis. Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYCleveland 1965 : 98, pl. 84Cleveland, 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.