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Ry 455
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1951: 116, facsimile
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 ʿlyn w-ʿly w-S²hr
2 bn Ḫs²m ʾḥnkn hʾm—
3 mn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿlyn, ʿly and S²hr 2 sons of Ḫs²m the Ḥanakites have 3 entrusted (their lives ?). |
| Ryckmans: "les chefs" |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Riyāḍ, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 40, w. 43, th. 4 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Qaryat al-Fāw |
| Ancient site | Qrytm ḏt-Khlm |
| Geographical area | Wādī al-Dawasir |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1951: 111, 116 (facsimile) | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1951. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Neuvième série. Le Muséon, 64: 93-126. |
| Garbini 1976: 314 | Garbini, Giovanni 1976. Iscrizioni sudarabiche. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 36/2: 293-315. |
| Robin 1991-1993 a: 115 | Robin, Christian J. (ed.) 1991-1993 [1992]. L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâces aux inscriptions. (Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Mediterranée, 61). Aix-en-Provence: Édisud. |