Bāfaqīh 2001: 17-18, photo
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 2.5 |
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
The dating is uncertain. See Nefer 1=CSAI I, 18 with which this text shows many features in common. | |
TEXT
1 Hnʾm bn Ḥyl—
2 m bn S²brqn s¹q—
3 ny ʾlhn ks³wtn
4 ʿd mḥd-s¹ Ḫrf b-
5 Myfʿ
Apparatus |
1 | the name Ḥylm is attested only here; looking at the onomastic formula it seems to be a patronymic. |
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TRANSLATIONS
English | |
1 Hnʾm son of Ḥyl-
2 m of the family S²brqn de-
3 dicated to ʾlhn this slab
4 in His chapel Ḫrf in
5 Myfʿ.
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, 650 |
Support type | Artefact » Slab (ks³wtn) |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 19, w. 15 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Mayfaʿ |
Ancient site | Myfʿ |
Geographical area | Markha |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlhn ʿd Ḫrf |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bāfaqīh 2001: 17-18, photo | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 2001. Nuqūš wa-dalālāt 2. Raydān, 7: 10-28. [Arabic section]
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