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Ḥajj-al-ʿĀdī 25


al-Hajj 2019: 20, figs 9-10
By kind permission of © M. al-Ḥajj

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] b-ʿm w-b[... ...]
   2  [... ...] S¹mhydʿ [... ...]

Apparatus
2It is hypothyetical that S¹mhydʿ was a theonym. According the editor is the name of a king.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar al-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteMrymtm
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

If S¹mhydʿ was a theonym, its attestation in Qatabanic would be interesting.
S¹mydʿ is a god in the Ḥimyarite pantheon: Wll w-S¹mydʿ.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Hajj 2019: 19-20, figs 9-10al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ʿAlī 2019. History of Maryamah Town (Hajar- al- ʿAdī) in Wādī Ḥarīb in the Light of Its Musnad Inscriptions (7th Century BC – 3rd Century AD). Adūmātū, 40: 7-40.