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MQ-Musée de ʿAtaq 1 CSAI I, 175
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 | 3.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 | (Yḥmʾl) ḏt b[yt ... ...]-
2 s¹m w-ṣlm-s¹m bn m(s¹n)[krm ... ... ḏt Ṣn]—
3 tm w-b-ḏt Ẓhrn w-b-ʿṯ[tr ... ... w-b-m]—
4 nḍḥ byt-s¹m w-b ʾmrʾ-s¹m[ ... ...]
5 Yhwḍʿ w-bn-s¹m ʾmlk Qtbn
| 4 | at the end of the line we could integrate: Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm w-Frʿkrb. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 20.5, w. 23 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shabwa |
| Ancient site | S²bwt |
| Geographical area | Shabwa |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach et al. 2001: 60-61, fig. 35 | Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101. |