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Ja 340 TC 1171; Q 487; CSAI I, 163


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

No image was available for this object. After the photograph made by CASIS, the inscription is now dated at period B (perhaps at B2) only on the basis of palaeography (as we have no relevant elements from the text).

TEXT

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   1  Yṣrʿm w-Ġwṯʾl ḏw-ʿhlm s¹qnyw ʾnby
   2  S²ymn ʿd Rṣfm ṣlmn l-ḏtm tkrb-
   3  s¹ l-bn-s¹<m>y Ḥywm rṯdw ʾnby b—
   4  n-s¹my Ḥywm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yṣrʿm and Ġwṯʾl, of the family ʿhlm, dedicated to ʾnby
   2  S²ymn in (the temple of) Rṣfm this statue as they asked
   3  Him for their son Ḥywm; they have committed to ʾnby their
   4  son Ḥywm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 441=AM 407
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 15, w. 27, th. 6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾnby S²ymn bʿl Rṣfm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1952 a: 181-183, 247, facsimileJamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires.