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MuB 97 CSAI I, 77
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| As the text does not have any sense, one may suppose that the slab on which the inscription is engraved was framed alongside many others (see Hon 5=CSAI I, 131, Mub 98=CSAI I, 78). |
TEXT
1 Mḥrmm ʾbn-s¹ w-ʿḍ-s¹ w-mḥfd-s¹
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, 97 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 62, w. 57, th. 6 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Bayḥān) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | Seemingly, this text refers to the building of city walls. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini et al. 1994: 20, pl. 7/3 | Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA., Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 1994. Materiali per il Corpus Qatabanico. Raydān, 6: 17-36. |