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UAM 136
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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 | 5.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The dating suggested involves that the language is Qatabanic. The text is labelled as a fragment of dedicatory inscription for the use of the b-ʾḏn formula. |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 S²lwm w-(bk)[... ...]
2 b-ʾḏn Wb d(y)[... ...]
| 1 | s²lwm w-(bḍ)[ʿm] (Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach). |
| 2 | d(ṯ)[ʾ] (Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach); for comparison of the name of god Wb, see UAM 210, UAM 212 and Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach, 104. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, University Museum, UAM 136 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 14.5, w. 24, th. 4 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Lajiya) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Lajiya |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach 2001: 103-104, fig. 1 | Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Arbach, Mounir 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Musée de l'Université d'Aden. Raydān, 7: 103-124. |
| Prioletta 2010: 172, photo | Prioletta, Alessia 2010. I musei dello Yemen 3. Le iscrizioni del wādī Lajiya al Museo dell'Università di Aden. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 33: 169-186. |