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ATM 93
By kind permission of Jean-François Breton
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription could have the following concordance MAFYS-Ḍuraʾ 9, quoted but not published inscription by Bāfaqīh (see Bāfaqīh 1993: 80). |
TEXT
1 [... ...](k)rbm rs²w Wb w-[... ...]
2 [... ...]-hmy b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlm—
3 [qh w-]b ḏt-Ḥmym w-[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 93 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 43, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar am-Dhaybiyya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḍuraʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh 1993: 80 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1993. Duraʾ et al-Mashriq dans les inscriptions. Pages 77-84 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |