Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5.4 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
1-2 | the editors read [ʿ](mḏḫ)r. |
English | |
1 S²[..]m son of ʿ- 2 m[..]r dedicated 3 to ʿm ḏ-[..]r 4 his life and his fa- 5 culties and all his chil- 6 dren; by ʿm and by 7 ʾnby and by Y- 8 dʿʾb Ygl. |
Deposit | Unknown, Unknown (Private collection) |
Support type | Artefact » Stela |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 58.5, w. 35 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Bayt aṣ-Ṣuraymī |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | al-Rīyāshīya |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿm |
Link to site record |
Arbach et al. 2001: 62-63, fig. 37 | Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101. |