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Ja 367 TC 698; Q 514; CSAI I, 159
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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 | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription's dating is uncertain. There is, exceptionally, the second person of the suffix pronoun. |
TEXT
1 b-ʾḏn-k ʾnby S²ymn ʿbd-k ʾḥ→rm ḏ-Bʿyṣ[m]
| 1 | see TC 996 for the integration of the group name. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 By your authority, ʾnby S²ymn, your servant ʾḥrm ḏ-Bʿyṣm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 436=AM 400 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 9, w. 20, th. 4 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾnby S²ymn bʿl Rṣfm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 209-210, pl. II/c | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires. |