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RES 3641 Q 41; CSAI I, 151; Ghul YU 65
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 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Very uncertain dating, the form of s² seems more archaic than the letters m and ḏ. |
TEXT
1 S²ʿrm ḏ-Ġrbm
2 s¹qny ʿm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²ʿrm of the family Ġrbm 2 dedicated to ʿm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Jadīda |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Grohmann 1914: 39, fig. 93, facsimile | Grohmann, Adolf 1914. Göttersymbole und Symboltiere auf Südarabischen Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 58/1). Vienna: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder. |
| Hayajneh 2004 a: 127, figs 15-16 | Hayajneh, Hani 2004. Eine Sammlung von fragmentarischen altsüdarabischen Inschriften aus dem Jemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 15/1: 120-148. |