Hayajneh 2004 a: 138, fig. 42
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Hwfʿm Yhnʿ[m bn S¹mhwtr mkrb]
2 [Qtbn w-wld ʿm bny] mḥfdn Ḫmrn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿm Yhnʿm son of S¹mhwtr mukarrib
2 of Qatabān and of the children of ʿm built the tower Ḫmrn.
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OBJECT INFORMATION
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
Provenance| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Tower Ḫmrn |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Hayajneh 2004 a: 137, fig. 42 | Hayajneh, Hani 2004. Eine Sammlung von fragmentarischen altsüdarabischen Inschriften aus dem Jemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 15/1: 120-148.
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