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Ja 344 TC 2114; Q 491; CSAI I, 68
Cleveland 1965: pl.105/tc2114
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 |
| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription is probably of period B. |
TEXT
1 R[ʾbʿṯ]t bn ʾlwkl (ḏ)-[Dḥ]s¹m ʿs¹[y ... ...]-
2 hw M(ḥ)rm w-ms³w[d]-s¹ w-nfs¹h-s¹yw g[lm b-ḥg ʾnby w-]
3 ʾl tʿly |
| 1 | Jamme integrates: ʿs¹[y ẓrb bny qbr-] |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rʾbʿṯt, son of ʾlwkl ḏ-Dḥs¹m made [... ... his grave] 2 Mḥrm and its hall and its inner rooms in its entirety, according to the orders of ʾnby, and 3 let there be no violation thereof. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 24.8, w. 60, th. 18.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Mḥrm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 189-190 | 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: 166, pl. 105 | 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. |