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Banī Bakr 28
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 mqf ʾbwd ḏ(t)-R(g)ybn r—
2 ṯd (ʿm) [... ...]t tr
| 1 | ḏ-[.]ʾr[.]ybn (Bāṭāyiʿ); the reading is very uncertain. |
| 2 | [... ...ḏ]t tr (Bāṭāyiʿ). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Banī Bakr, Storehouse |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (mqf) |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 33, w. 28, th. 7.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Hadīm |
| Ancient site | Hdw |
| Geographical area | al-Ḥadd |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāṭāyiʿ 2002: 268, pl. 4/f | Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 2002. Ahammiyya mawqiʿ Hadīm Qaṭnān (Hdw) fī al-ḥadd min ḫilāl al-muʿṭayāt al-aṯariyya wa-l-naqšiyya. Maǧallat Ğāmiʿa ʿAden li-l-ʿulūm al-iǧtimāʿiyya wa-l-insāniyya, 5/9: 265-287. |