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Yashhal 20 B T.00.A/12 B
Robin 2000: 185, fig. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| Yashhal A and B are inscribed on the two faces of the same slab. According to Robin, the text A is earlier than the text B. The Early Sabaic language for this text is defined on the basis of the text A and on the editor's consideration that the ciphers are found only in Minaic and Sabaic texts. See the cultural notes in Yashhal 20 A. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 [... ...]bnʿ[... ...]
3 [... ...]/24/[... ...]
4 [... ...] f[... ...]
| 2 | The editor suggests that the letters may be part of a proper name (cf. ʾbnʿm, Rʾbnʿm or Bnʿm). However, from the photograph, it seems that a different reading could be suggested: [... ...] nʿ[... ...]. |
| 3 | The cipher might have begun in the gap and therefore be higher than 24. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 17, w. 14, th. 4 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾṯrt |
| Notes | The fragment was found on surface during the excavation of the temple. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 2000: 162-164, 185, fig. 2 | Robin, Christian J. 2000. Les "filles du Dieu" de Sabaʾ à la Mecque: réflexions sur l'agencement des panthéons dans l'Arabie ancienne. Semitica, 50: 113-192. |