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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Measure of letters 3
Chronology
Textual typology Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)
TEXT marker
1 [... ...] qyl— 2 [... ...] bn ḥg— 3 [... ...] (W)hbʾl | 4 [... ...L]ḥyʿṯt w- 5 [... ...]s¹m w-ʾbyt 6 [... ...ʾn]by w-b Bs²mm 7 [... ...] ḏt Ẓhrn w-b- 8 [... ... b]n ʿs²r s²bʿ— 9 [...]wr(n)
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 It probably comes from the sanctuary of Rṣfm dedicated to ʾnby in the Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis. Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYCleveland 1965 : 160, pl. 103Cleveland, 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.