Ja 359 TC 1236; Q 506; CSAI I, 595
Cleveland 1965: pl.86/tc1236
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2.8 |
TEXT
1 mʿmr ʿll—
2 m ḏ-Nḍḥn
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue (mʿmr) |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 8.7, w. 10, th. 6.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Notes | The inscription probably comes from the sanctuary of Rṣfm, located at the west side of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis (see for example Ja 354). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 204 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires. |
| Cleveland 1965: 97, pl. 86 | Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |