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TT1 788
Jamme 1979: pl. g
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Casting | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rʾbm w-Hmtʿm ḏw Ġrbm s²ymw qntn ḏt ʾnby mws¹ṭ byt-s¹my
2 Yġl Yhrgb
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rʾbm and Hmtʿm, of the family Grbm, put the measure that for ʾnby in the middle of the house of both of them 2 Yġl Yhrgb. |
| 1 | for qntn, see Beeston 1994 a: 43. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Washington, American Foundation for the Study of Man, TT1 788 |
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Measuring bucket |
| Material | Bronze |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1979: 56-57, pl. g | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250306. [Privately printed] |