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Ja 2438 Q 771; CSAI I, 139


By kind permission of British Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Chronologically, it could be inserted in the period C for both palaeographic (the form of the s²) and textual reasons ( ḥg-km tkrb-s¹ instead of b-ḏtm tkrb-s¹).

TEXT

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   1  ʿqrbn ḏ-Ḏrʾn s¹qny
   2  ʾnby S²ymn ḥg-km
   3  tkrb-s¹ l-bn-s¹ Ṯwbm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿqrbn ḏ-Drʾn dedicated
   2  to ʾnby S²ymn as
   3  he asked Him for his son Ṯwbm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 2002,0114.10
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 10.1, d. 15.4
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾnby S²ymn
NotesThe object probably comes from the temple dedicated to ʾnby S²ymn in Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1972: 45, pl. 12, facsimileJamme, Albert W.F. 1972. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe III. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250312. [Privately printed]
Bron 1992: 27, photoBron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites.