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MS Tanʿim al-Qarya 8
al-Salami 2011: 206, fig. 26
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ... ]Krbʿṯt w-K[... ...]
2 [... ...] Ḥbbm w-Lḥ[y ... ...]
3 [... ...] bny[... ...]
| 3 | The editor translates bny as the verb "to build". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Qarya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The stone was reemployed in the walls of one of the houses of the village al-Qarya. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 51, fig. 26 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |