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RES 3551 Q 37; MQ-Luḫayḍar 1; CSAI I, 150


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm bn S²hr Ygl Yh—
   2  rgb mlk Qtbn qyf ʿṯtr w-ʿm w-S²ms¹
   3  b-ʿrn ʾbltm ḥg ʾmrw b-ms¹ʾl-s¹m

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm, son of S²hr Ygl Yh-
   2  rgb, king of Qatabān, set up a stela for ʿṯtr and ʿm and S²ms¹
   3  on the citadel ʾbltm, as they ordered in their oracle.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
Dimensionsh. 17.5, w. 64
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteLukhayḍir
Ancient siteʾbltm
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach et al. 2001: 72-73, figs 46-47Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101.