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CT 54
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1944: 173, pls. LXII 2, LXVIII 6
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Qs³mm [s¹qny]
2 S¹yn Mḏ[bm]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ḥurayḍa, Unknown (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | Circular |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 5, d. 38 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥurayḍa |
| Ancient site | Mḏbm |
| Geographical area | Western Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S¹yn ḏ-Mḏbm |
| Notes | Peripheral trenches beside the stylobate: south-west wall and east corner. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1944: 173, pls LXII/2, LXVIII/6 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1944. Epigraphy. The inscriptions from the Moon Temple. Pages 155-184 in Gertrude Caton Thompson. The Tombs and Moon Temple of Hureidha (Hadhramaut). (Reports of the Research Committee and of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 13). Oxford: Oxford University Press. |