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VL 20 CSAI I, 194
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 | 5 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1
2 [... ...]m nfs¹-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-bn-[s¹ ... ...]
3 [... ...ḏt Ḥ]mym w-b mrʾ-hw S²[hr ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | Undefined |
| Material | Marble |
| Dimensions | h. 11.5, w. 33 (of the epigraphical field) |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿĀdiyya |
| Ancient site | Rḥb (?) |
| Geographical area | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The fragment of altar is inserted in the wall of a fortified building placed near al-ʿĀdiyya. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 1992: 29 | Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites. |