RES 4958 Ry 252; Q 213
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 4 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ...] → [... ...]
2 [... ...]w-(Lḥ)yʿm [w]-(k)l wld-s¹ → w-qn(y)[-s¹ ... ...]
3 [... ... w-]b ḏt Ṣntm w-b ḏt → Ẓh[rn ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 179=AM 160 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 11.5, w. 22.5, th. 11 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | an-Nuqūb |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 82-83, pl. VI | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |
| Prioletta 2009: 209-210, figs 5/a-b | Prioletta, Alessia 2009. I musei dello Yemen 2. Note su alcune iscrizioni qatabaniche al museo nazionale di Aden e al museo di Zinjibar. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 32: 201-219. |