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MuB 746 CSAI I, 92


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

At the end of the inscription there are a symbol and the letters by, ending of ʾnby, the first two letters written below MuB 680+748.
Either palaeographically or textually, the inscription of this altar seems to be later than MuB 680+748 and MuB 747.

TEXT

marker


   1  B[... ...]→ ʿṣ[... ...]
   2  [... ...]n Nṣfm→ s¹qn(y)w ʾnby kl
   3  wld-s¹m b-ʿm w-b ʾ→nby w-b S²hr |

Apparatus
2Nṣfm could be a proper name.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  B[... ...]ʿṣ[... ...]
   2  [... ...]n Nṣfm dedicated to ʾnby all
   3  their children; by ʿm and by ʾnby and by S²hr.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBayḥān, Museum, 746
Support typeArtefact » Altar
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple
NotesThe inscription was found near the northern gate.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach et al. 2001: 58-59, pl. 15, 25-26Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101.