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HI 53+54 CSAI I, 174
Jamme 1969 a: pl.48b
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 | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]mr
2 [... ... t]krbt-s¹
3 [... ...] nfs¹-s¹
4 [... ...ʾnb]y w-Wrfw ʾ—
5 [mr ʿm b-mr]ʾ-[s¹ Ḏm]rʿly Ḏbyn Yhr—
6 gb bn S¹mhʿly Ynf w-ʾḫ-s¹ S¹mhrm
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 22.5, w. 40, th. 16 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd |
| Ancient site | ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1969 a: 345, pl. 48/b | 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. |