Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 2.3 |
Support type | Stone inscription (mʿmr) |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 8.7, w. 11.8, th. 3.4 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd |
Ancient site | ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Rṣfm |
Notes | The inscription is said to come from ḏ-Ġylm. If so we should assume the existence of a sanctuary called Rṣfm, similarly to the sanctuary in Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl, also in Hajar ibn Ḥumayd. |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1969 a: 342-343, pl. 46/c | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1969. Inscriptions from Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Pages 331-354 in Gus W. Van Beek. Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Investigations at a Pre-Islamic Site in South Arabia. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 5). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |