CIAS 49.12/f 1 n° 1 RES 4971; Ry 266; Q 218; CSAI III, 7
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language
Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite
Alphabet
Ancient South Arabian
Script typology
Monumental writing
Writing technique
Incision
Measure of letters
5
Chronology
Period
C
Textual typology
Dedicatory text - fragmentary
GENERAL NOTES
The two fragments were joined together by Pirenne. Beeston: "There must also have been a third fragment to the left again of NAM 2380, containing somewhere around ten letters".
1 [... ...]nt Mʿdʾl king of Awsān and he committed his/her grave [... ...]
2 [... ...] ʿṯtr Mqṭn and the gods of Ws¹r and the divine lords of Nʿmn [... ...]
3 [... ...] and as a blessing against [anyone who would harm it ... ...].
OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit
Aden, The National Museum, NAM 191+NAM 2380=AM 174
Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]