INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 4.5 |
Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʿlbm(([... ...]ʿlbm)) w-Nbṭʿm bn Hwfʿṯt
2 [... ...] qbr-s¹my Yfʿt w-ms³wd-s¹ w-kl
3 [... ...] b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl tʿly
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1 | [bn] Wgbm (Jamme); according to Hayajneh, neither ʿlbm nor ʿgbm are sure. | 2 | [ʿsyw ẓrbw] (Hayajneh). | 3 | [nfs¹h-s¹yw glm] (Hayajneh). |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 60.1306 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 19.7, w. 53 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd |
Ancient site | ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Yfʿt |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jamme 1971 b: 136 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]
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Hayajneh 2002: 209-211, fig. 21 | Hayajneh, Hani 2002. Erneute Behandlung einiger altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13/2: 193-222.
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