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RES 853 Ry 32; Q 7
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2.2 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is in QAT, as is clearly apparent from the citation of the god ʾnby. The British fact sheet gives the provenance as Ḥaḍramawt. The inscription can be placed in the category of dedicatory texts for the presence of the substantive qny-s¹. |
TEXT
1 [... ...] |(ʾnb)[y] [... ...]
2 w-S¹ʿdʿm (ḥ)[... ...]
3 w-qny-s¹ b-ʿṯ[tr ... ...]
4 [... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 102483=1907,1012.8 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 9.5, w. 10, th. 4.2 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 191 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200. |