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BynM 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 | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| A generic provenance from the wādī Ḥarīb is reported in the museum catalogue. |
TEXT
1 Mʿnʾl ḏ-Ws²ḥ—
2 t s¹qny ḏt Ḥ—
3 mym bḥtn b-
4 ḏtm tkrb-s¹
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mʿnʾl ḏ-Ws²ḥ- 2 t dedicated to ḏt Ḥ- 3 mym this slab, in respect 4 of what he asked Her. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Baynūn, Museum, BynM 8 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 30, w. 21, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Ḥarīb) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Notes | The object is said to come from wādī Ḥarīb, but we cannot say in which temple of ḏt Ḥmym it was placed. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Although ḏt Ḥmym was part of the official Qatabanian pantheon, there are only few inscriptions dedicated to this deity (see JRy.WBrashear 1 and CIAS 47.11/o 1/F 72).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Prioletta 2013 a: 120, fig. 30 | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Inscriptions from the southern highlands of Yemen. The epigraphic collections of the museums of Baynūn and Dhamār. (Arabia Antica, 8). Roma: L'«Erma» di Bretschneider. |