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RES 3914 Q 90; CSAI I, 109; Ry 8
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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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿqrbm grbyn ʿbd
2 ʾbʾns¹ bn ʿs³bm-s¹(q)—
3 ny ʿm Ryʿn bḥtn
4 w-l yrdʾ-s¹ b-nʿmtm
| 1 | CSAI I, 109 wrongly reads grbym. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿqrbm, the stonemason (?), servant 2 of ʾbns¹, son of ʿs³bm, dedi- 3 cated to ʿm Ryʿn the slab 4 and may He help him in prosperity. |
| 1 | in HAD grbyn means "stonemason", but I am not at all convinced that this is the correct translation for our inscription. Grbyn appears as a family name in the QAT inscriptions CPP 3, 1 and Ja 2507, 2. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 115657(=1922,1025.1) |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 22.5, w. 28, th. 5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 177-178 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200. |