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TT1 C (238 + fragments) CSAI I, 192
Jamme 1979: pl. b
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| The collage of fragments proposed by Jamme is it not sure at all. Beginning from the line 3, the text seems a legal inscription. |
TEXT
1 Frʿk[rb ... ...] bn ʾ[... ... mlk ]Qtbn s¹qny ʿṯt[r w-ʿm] w-ʾ[lhw b]—
2 ytn [Ḥ](r)b ms³nd[n ... ... w-ʿṯtr w-]ʿm w-ʾlhw bytn Ḥr[b ... ...]—
3 hr [... ...g]zmm tg(zmw) w-ḥtlf w[... ... ... ...]—
4 l [... ...]ḥrg bn bytn (Ḥ)rb (ʾ)[... ...]
5 [... ...-s¹]my w-ʾṯr(m)[ ... ...]
6 [... ...]m w-s²(hd m)[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Ḥrb |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1979: 32-39, pl. b | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250306. [Privately printed] |