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TT1 1 CSAI I, 191
Jamme 1979: pl. d
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 | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]—
2 (m) ḥg tkrb-s¹ l-wfy-s¹ w-→wfy mqm-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ [w-]
3 wld-s¹ w-qny-s¹ w-(ḫrf)-(s¹) →rṯd ʾnby S²ymn w-
4 ʿm mqm-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-bn-→s¹ Yṣdqʾl w-Mḥr w-
5 (Nbyw) w-mʿmr-s¹ bn m→s¹nkrm bn brṯ-s¹
| 3 | from the photographs it is impossible to read the text; in QAT ḫrf "crops" is probably attested in CSAI I, 165=Ja 865, 8. |
| 4-5 | from the photographs it is impossible to read the text; we do not know if Mḥr and Nbyw are the names of other two sons. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 16, w. 15.8 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription was found in the TT1 building, "The Great Palace" of Timnaʿ, but it could come from the sanctuary of Rṣfm dedicated to ʾnby S²ymn in the Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1979: 40-41, pl. d | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250306. [Privately printed] |