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 |
A generic provenance from the wādī Ḥarīb is reported in the museum catalogue. |
English | |
1 Mʿnʾl ḏ-Ws²ḥ- 2 t dedicated to ḏt Ḥ- 3 mym this slab, in respect 4 of what he asked Her. |
Deposit | Baynūn, Museum, BynM 8 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 30, w. 21, th. 6 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī Ḥarīb |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
Notes | The object is said to come from wādī Ḥarīb, but we cannot say in which temple of ḏt Ḥmym it was placed. |
Link to site record |
Prioletta 2013 a: 120, fig. 30 | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Inscriptions from the southern highlands of Yemen. The epigraphic collections of the museums of Baynūn and Dhamār. (Arabia Antica, 8). Roma: L'«Erma» di Bretschneider. |