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Ja 505 RES 4035; RW 4=11


Cesare Ansaldi
Ansaldi 1933: fig 19/9
photo
Cesare Ansaldi
Ansaldi 1933: fig 19/9
photo
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 150, . 129

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]m Yzʾn w-Rm—
   2  [.. [... ...] Yḥ]ḍr l-bytn Bqlm

Apparatus
1Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931 restore: [Mrṯd]m;
Jamme 1954 b: [S²r](ḥ)m.
2Yḥḍr is probably the name of a building.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Ḥuqqa
Ancient siteDmhn
Geographical areaBanī al-Ḥārith
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Bqlm
NotesThe stone inscription was found during the excavations in al-Ḥuqqa. Afterwards it became property of an Imām of Ṣanʿā.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 150-151, n. 129Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Ansaldi 1933: fig. 19/9/EAnsaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche.
Jamme 1954 b: 336-337Jamme, Albert W.F. 1954. Inscriptions du Musée de Ṣanʿāʾ, d'après les photographies de M.C. Ansaldi. Le Muséon, 67: 323-338.