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MuB 550+555 CSAI I, 177
By kind permission of Mission Qatabān
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 tk(r)[bt-s¹ ... ...]
2 ywmn w-l-ḏtm [... ...]—
3 m ḏn b-yktrb(w)[n ... ... ḏ]—
4 tm b-ts²f ʾṯrt[ ... ... Y]—
5 (s¹)l Ḍbʾt w-bn-s¹y[w ... ...]
6 [... ...](m)t w-(bk)[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, 550 555 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 26, w. 26 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾṯrt ḏt Ys¹l |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach et al. 2001: 48-49, fig. 8 | Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101. |