By kind permission of Jean-François Breton
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Script cursus Boustrophedon
Writing technique Incision
Chronology
Textual typology Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)
GENERAL NOTES
The inscription could have the following concordance MAFYS-Ḍuraʾ 9, quoted but not published inscription by Bāfaqīh (see Bāfaqīh 1993: 80).
TEXT marker
1 [... ...](k)rbm rs²w Wb w-[... ...] 2 [... ...]-hmy b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlm— 3 [qh w-]b ḏt-Ḥmym w-[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 93 Support type Stone inscription Material Stone Measures h. 25, w. 43, th. 6 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEProvenance Modern site Hajar am-Dhaybiyya Ancient site Unknown Geographical area Wādī Ḍura Country Yemen Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYBāfaqīh 1993 : 80Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1993. Duraʾ et al-Mashriq dans les inscriptions. Pages 77-84 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya . Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.