Ja 347 TC 1976; Q 494; CSAI I, 133
Cleveland 1965: pl.86/tc1976
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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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| Palaeographically it is worth noting that the shape of the letter g is more inclined in this phase. |
TEXT
1 [Rg](nm) ḏ-Rbḥ w-bn |
2 [.]db s¹qny ʾnby |
3 S²ymn ṣlm ḏhb—
4 n ḥg-n tkrb-s¹ (l)-
5 wld-s¹ rṯd Rgnm |
6 [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rgnm ḏ-Rbḥ, and son of 2 [.]db dedicated to ʾnby 3 S²ymn a bronze sta- 4 tue as he asked Him for 5 his son; Rgnm has committed 6 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 19.5, w. 16.6, th. 9.8 |
| Link to object record |
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 |
| Link to site record |
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.
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: 191-192 | 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: 98-99, pl. 86 | 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. |