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 Hnʾm son of Ḏḫrkrb ḏ-Nḍ- 2 ḥn dedicated to ʾnby S²ymn the bron- 3 ze statue as his own memorial in Rṣfm. |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 15.3, w. 23.5, th. 8.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾnby S²ymn bʿl Rṣfm |
Link to site record |
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. |