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Doe 1 CSAI I, 1
Beeston 1981 a: 1
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 | 12.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| This brief text has been classified in period A for the absence of royal title after the king's name, more than for palaeography (the facsimile reproduced appears to be simply a copy of the text with no particular attention to style). |
TEXT
1 S²hr Ġyln hʾtw Bnʾ
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²hr Ġyln conducted (the water) to Bnʾ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | w. 39 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Notes | Doe, sending the facsimile to Beeston, says: "it (i.e. the text) is on the side of a stone cistern". |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1981 a: 9-10, facsimile | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Miscellaneous Epigraphic Notes. Raydān, 4: 9-28. |