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AM 60.1306 RES 313; CSAI I, 74; Ghul-YU 43
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 | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʿlbm(([... ...]ʿlbm)) w-Nbṭʿm bn Hwfʿṯt
2 [... ...] qbr-s¹my Yfʿt w-ms³wd-s¹ w-kl
3 [... ...] b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl tʿly
| 1 | [bn] Wgbm (Jamme); according to Hayajneh, neither ʿlbm nor ʿgbm are sure. |
| 2 | [ʿsyw ẓrbw] (Hayajneh). |
| 3 | [nfs¹h-s¹yw glm] (Hayajneh). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 60.1306 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 19.7, w. 53 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd |
| Ancient site | ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Yfʿt |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 136 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |
| Hayajneh 2002: 209-211, fig. 21 | Hayajneh, Hani 2002. Erneute Behandlung einiger altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13/2: 193-222. |