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Ja 368 TC 1520; Q 515; CSAI I, 603
Cleveland 1965: pl.80/tc1520
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 | 3 |
TEXT
1 Mwhbm Dḥs¹m
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of stela |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 11, w. 21.3, th. 8.7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Notes | According to Jamme, this inscription may come from the sanctuary of Rṣfm, dedicated to ʾnby S²ymn and located at the west side of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 210 | 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: 68, pl. 80 | 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. |