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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 3.7
Textual typology Dedicatory text - fragmentary
GENERAL NOTES
The presence of nfs¹ suggests that the inscription should be dated to period B.
TEXT marker
1 [... ...] 2 [ . ]bn ḏ-ʾrbʿt[ ... ...] 3 s²nṣm nfs¹-s¹ w-ʾ[ḏn-s¹ ... ...] 4 Nbṭʾl Ḏrʾkr[b ... ... b-ʾ]— 5 nby S²ymn w-b-W[... ...]— 6 w w-rṯd ʾlhy [... ...]
Apparatus 1 [... ...]ʾl w-b[n-s¹ ... ...] (Jamme). 3 Jamme 1971: 57 translates [b-]s²nṣm as "avec soin", which is highly doubtful. The reading itself is odd with the n attached to ṣ. It could be an epithet of the god to whom the author's soul anf faculties are dedicated. 5 W(t)[r ... ...] (Jamme).
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit London, The British Museum, BM 125348=1863,0205.2 Support type Stone inscription Material Stone Measures h. 27, w. 17, th. 25 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin Modern site Unknown Ancient site Unknown Country Yemen Archaeological context Funerary context Notes If the provenance of the inscription (near Aden) is true, this is an interesting historical datum. Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYJamme 1971 b Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II . Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]