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MuB 588 CSAI I, 179
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 Ḏryʾm ḏ-Ynʿ(m)[ ... ...]
2 ʿd Ys²hl l-trd(ʾ)-s¹ [... ...]
3 wldm r(ṯd )(ʾ)[ṯr](t) ʾḏn-(s¹)[... ...]
4 Mʿdm w-Whbm w-(bn)-s¹m Ys²r(ḥ)[. ... ...]
5 w-S²rḥm w-ʾʾḏn-(s¹m) w-t(ʾnṯ)[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, 588 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 36, w. 23 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Notes | According to MuB 539=CSAI I, 145, in Timnaʿ ʾṯrt is worshipped in a temple called Qbln. This text could come from this temple |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach et al. 2001: 51-52, fig. 11 | Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101. |