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Ja 869 TT1 138; Q 557; CSAI I, 100
Jamme 1955 d: fig. 1
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 |
TEXT
1 Nʿm ḏt Dnm s³lʾt
2 Bnty-ʾl ʿd ʾmr
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nʿm of the family Dnm dedicated 2 to the Daughters of ʾl in ʾmr. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 13.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription was found in the TT1 building, "The Great Palace" of Timnaʿ. |
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CULTURAL NOTES
This text belongs to a group of inscriptions dedicated to the Bnt(y) ʾl (CSAI I, 97=Graf 6, CSAI I, 99=Ja 868, CSAI I, 101=Ja 870, CSAI I, 102=Ja 871, CSAI I, 103=Ja 872, CSAI I, 104=Mift 99/72). These divinities have been extensively commented culturally by Robin (Robin 2000).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1955 d: 41, fig. 1 (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Some Qatabanian Inscriptions Dedicating 'Daughters of God'. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 138: 39-47. |
| Robin 2000 | Robin, Christian J. 2000. Les "filles du Dieu" de Sabaʾ à la Mecque: réflexions sur l'agencement des panthéons dans l'Arabie ancienne. Semitica, 50: 113-192. |