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Av. Baynūn 2 BynM 276


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

See ThUM 68 for a similar object dedicated to the same deity.

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾls²rḥ hqny-l
   2  mrʾ-hw Bʿl-Fqḥnm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾls²rḥ dedicated to
   2  his Lord, Master of Fqḥnm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBaynūn, Museum, BynM 276
Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 16.5, w. 13.5, th. 10
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBaynūn
Ancient siteBynn
Geographical areaKhawlân
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1985: 97-98, pl. 22Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze.
Prioletta 2013 a: 110, no. 23Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Inscriptions from the southern highlands of Yemen. The epigraphic collections of the museums of Baynūn and Dhamār. (Arabia Antica, 8). Roma: L'«Erma» di Bretschneider.