Ja 351 TC 1173; Q 498; CSAI I, 136
Cleveland 1965: pl.85/tc1173
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 |
TEXT
1 Hnʾm bn Ḏḫrkrb ḏ-N(ḍ)—
2 ḥn s¹qny ʾnby S²ymn (ṣ)—
3 lm ḏhbn mʿmr-s¹ b-R(ṣ)[fm]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hnʾm son of Ḏḫrkrb ḏ-Nḍ- 2 ḥn dedicated to ʾnby S²ymn the bron- 3 ze statue as his own memorial in Rṣfm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 15.3, w. 23.5, th. 8.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾnby S²ymn bʿl Rṣfm |
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CULTURAL NOTES
ʾnby was part of the official Qatabanian pantheon. In Timnaʿ ʾnby with his epithet S²ymn was worshipped in the sanctuary of Rṣfm, located at the west side of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 199-200 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires. |
| Cleveland 1965: 96, pl. 85 | Cleveland, 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. |