Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 Rṯdʾl, son of Mtʿm, of the family S²ḥ- 2 z dedicated and offered to ʿm ḏ-Rbḥ- 3 w and to Nʿmyn this two alabaster cultual items 4 when he was Collector; by his lord S²hr. |
3 | s²mry is a dual substantive with the ending -y, regular at the accusative case. |
Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 21124 |
Support type | Artefact » Slab |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 43, w. 29, th. 5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿm ḏ-Rbḥw |
Link to site record |
CIAS: i, 125-129, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
Lundin 1979: 107-119, photo | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1979. L'inscription qatabanite du Louvre AO 21.124. Raydān, 2: 107-119. |
Jamme 1982: 59-62 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1982. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A204548#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Calvet and Robin 1997: 187-188, photo | Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. |