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MuB 611


al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser
al-Hasni 2015: 48, fig. 5

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Mydʿ w-K—
   2  lbn w-Hwfʾ—
   3  l w-Zydʾ—
   4  l w-S²krʾ—
   5  l bnw Brn—
   6  ṭm s¹qny—
   7  w w-rdʾ ḏ—
   8  t Fnwtm |
   9  ṯmnw bḥ[tn]

Apparatus
9At the end of the line 9 we have only bḥ. The letters tn could have been written in a hypothetical l. 10 or the scribe wrote only bḥ for lack of space.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Mydʿ,
   2  Klbn, Hwfʾl,
   3  Zydʾl,
   4  S²krʾl,
   5  of the family Brnṭm,
   6  dedicated
   7  and committed to
   8  ḏt Fnwtm
   9  eight slabs.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBayḥān, Museum, 611
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 50, w. 15
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar al-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteMrymtm
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
NotesThe inscription comes from illegal excavations carried out at al-ʿĀdī.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Hasni 2015: 38-39, fig. 5al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser 2015. Ṯalāṯa nuqūš qatabānīya ǧadīda taḏkur al-ilāh "ḏāt Fnwtm". Pages 43-53 (Arab section) in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16]