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Doe 5 CSAI I, 6
Beeston 1988: 6, photo
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 | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 S²hr Ygl bn Ydʿʾb mlk Qtbn bny w-s¹ḥdṯ kl gnʾ[...]
2 ẓltw w-bʾr ṣrḥt-hw Mḏbḥm
| 1 | at the end, Beeston reads: gnʾw w- |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²hr Ygl son of Ydʿʾb king of Qatabān built and restored the whole of the walls and of 2 the porticoes and the well of his palace Mḏbḥm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Royal palace Mḏbḥm |
| Notes | The inscription was found near the main building of Timnaʿ, probably the royal palace Ḥarīb. Beeston hypothesizes that "the building recorded in Doe 5 seems to have been an earlier palace - possibly demolished when S²hr Ygl Yhrgb's palace was erected". |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1988: 5-6, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1988. Miscellaneous Epigraphic Notes II. Raydān, 5: 5-31. |