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HI 18 CSAI I, 376
Jamme 1969 a: pl.46c
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 | 2.3 |
TEXT
1 mʿmr ʿmw—
2 s³l ḏt ʾlm
3 b-Rṣfm
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece (mʿmr) |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 8.7, w. 11.8, th. 3.4 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd |
| Ancient site | ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Rṣfm |
| Notes | The inscription is said to come from ḏ-Ġylm. If so we should assume the existence of a sanctuary called Rṣfm, similarly to the sanctuary in Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl, also in Hajar ibn Ḥumayd. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1969 a: 342-343, pl. 46/c | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1969. Inscriptions from Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Pages 331-354 in Gus W. Van Beek. Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Investigations at a Pre-Islamic Site in South Arabia. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 5). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |