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BM 141537
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 (M)r(ṯd)m bn (ʾ)bṣ(d)[q] bn
2 Ṣrrm s¹qny ʾnby bḥtn
3 b-Ydʿʾb Ygl w-b S²hr Ġ—
4 [yln ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mrṯdm, son of ʾbṣdq, of the family 2 Ṣrrm, dedicated to ʾnby the slab 3 for Ydʿʾb Ygl and S²hr Ġ- 4 ylm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 141537=1985,0223.6 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 17.5, w. 40, th. 5.5 |
| 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
| Bron 2006: 190-191, fig. 1 | Bron, François 2006. Nouvelles antiquités qatabanites du British Museum. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 17: 190-200. |