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MuB 577 CSAI I, 178
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 | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1
2 [... ...]ḏ-Wrqn-ḏ—
3 [... ... ](m) ḏ-(S³)[.]ḥn rs²t (B)—
4 [s²mm s¹qnyt] Bs²mm nfs¹-s¹ w-
5 [... ...]-(s¹)yw S²ʿrm w-ʾlw—
6 [... ... w]fy Bs²mm ʾḏn ʿm—
7 [... ... t]krbt-s¹ s³lʾt B—
8 [s²mm ... ...]n bn-S²ms¹m-l-ʾḫr
| 2 | ḏ-S³[n]ḥn (Arbach et al. 2001). |
| 4 | bn]-s¹yw (Arbach et al. 2001). |
| 4-5 | w-ʾlw[d-s¹ l-w]fy (Arbach et al. 2001). |
| 5-6 | ʿm[ḏḫr b-ḏt-m t]krbt-s¹ (Arbach et al. 2001). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, 577 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 36, w. 23 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd |
| Ancient site | ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach et al. 2001: 50-51, fig. 10 | Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101. |