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RES 2692 Q 10; CSAI I, 181
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 | 4.5 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]r[... ...]
2 w-ʾḏn-(s¹) [... ...]
3 w-Yrwʾ(l) [... ...]—
4 dm w-Nmrm w-[... ...]
5 wld-s¹ w-qn[y-s¹ ... ...]
6 [... ...]
| 4 | it is not sure that Nmrm is a proper name. |
| 5-6 | Jamme reads a fanciful: q[hl s²nʾ-s¹ "la réunion de ses ennemis", a n is visible on the stone. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125051=1863,0205.1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 29, w. 23 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Taʿizz |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Taʿizz |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 55-56 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |