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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Textual typology Dedicatory text - fragmentary
TEXT marker
1 [... ...] ʾnby S²ym— 2 [n ... ...]tm rṯdw | 3 [... ... ]ʾʾḏn-s¹my b-— 4 [... ...] (Y)hnʿm mlk | 5 [... ...](b)n nyhn
Apparatus 5 after bn there is a gap without the vertical stroke for words separation and the letters: nyhn.
OBJECT INFORMATION ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin 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 dedicated to ʾnby in the Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis. Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYCleveland 1965 : 154, pl. 100Cleveland, 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.