By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 4.5 |
Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]r[... ...]
2 w-ʾḏn-(s¹) [... ...]
3 w-Yrwʾ(l) [... ...]—
4 dm w-Nmrm w-[... ...]
5 wld-s¹ w-qn[y-s¹ ... ...]
6 [... ...]
Apparatus |
4 | it is not sure that Nmrm is a proper name. | 5-6 | Jamme reads a fanciful: q[hl s²nʾ-s¹ "la réunion de ses ennemis", a n is visible on the stone. |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125051=1863,0205.1 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 29, w. 23 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Taʿizz |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Taʿizz |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jamme 1971 b: 55-56 | 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]
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