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CIH 415 Gl 1469; RES 2855
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
[... ...]
1 b-Ns²qm b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh ±
2 [w-b ḏt-Ḥm]ym w-b-ḏt-Bʿdn w-b
3 [... ...]
| CIH, following Mordtmann 1893: 401, edits the inscription matching Hal 336 (l.1) and Hal 335 (l.2). It is unsure if the lost text was actually on different lines (note that Hal 336 runs from right to left). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²qm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann 1893 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann. |