ATM 857
Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 88, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 ẓlt ʾlqdm ḏ-M(ʿ)[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 857 |
| Support type | Stone inscription (ẓlt) |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 8.5, w. 51, th. 13.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
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CULTURAL NOTES
This is the first occurrence of the word ẓlt in QAT, which is otherwise always attested in inscriptions from al-Jawf (especially MIN texts). Should we therefore assume that the text was authored by foreign inhabitants of Haribat?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 50, 88 (fig. 1) | Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103. |