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Kāniṭ Museum 7
Rijziger 2016: 16, fig. 21
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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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ...](rf) b-mqm s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Ry[mm ... ...]
2 [... ...h]grn ʾknṭ w-ʾdm Fʿrn w-rṯd[w... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] by the power of their patron god Taʾlab Riyā[mim ...] 2 [... ...] the city of ʾknṭ (Kāniṭ) and the clients of Fʿrn; and [they] entrusted [... ...] |
| Rijziger 2016: 15-16 | Rijziger, Sarah 2016. The Kāniṭ Museum collection. Arabian Epigraphic Notes, 2: 1-32. 2016/12/05; http://hdl.handle.net/1887/38573. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Kāniṭ, Museum |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kāniṭ |
| Ancient site | ʾknṭ |
| Geographical area | Arhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rijziger 2016: 15-16, fig. 21 | Rijziger, Sarah 2016. The Kāniṭ Museum collection. Arabian Epigraphic Notes, 2: 1-32. 2016/12/05; http://hdl.handle.net/1887/38573. |