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Ja 336 TC 898; Q 483
Cleveland 1965: pl.98/tc898
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 | 2.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 (s¹qny)[... ... ḏ]—
2 n ṣlm(n)[ ... ... ḥ]—
3 g s²ft-s¹ [... ...]
4 bn-s¹ ʾ[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 10.8, w. 10.6, th. 6.1 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Notes | The inscription probably comes from the sanctuary of Rṣfm dedicated to ʾnby in the Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 177-178 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires. |
| Cleveland 1965: 150, pl. 98 | Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |