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T.02.B 21


Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017 a: 691, fig. 5
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...] w-
   2  [... ...] ʿṯtr w-ʿm w-ʾn—
   3  [by ... ...]t rṯd Mʿdk—
   4  [rb][ ... ... ]ḏ-ʾlm w-b ḥ—
   5  [rg] [... ...Yh](r)ʿs² mlk Ḥ[ḍrmt] [... ...]

Apparatus
5The name of the kingdom could also be written: Ḥḍrmwt.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

The integration of the name of the king of Ḥaḍramawt is probable. The script of the fragmentary text is similar to the script during the reign of the Qatabanian king S²hr Ygl Yhrgb. Following the editors, the text could help to propose a date for both kings in the second half of the 1st century BC.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017 a: 691, fig. 5Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2017. Premiers échos de l’expédition romaine d’Aelius Gallus dans la documentation sudarabique. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 2 (Avril-Juin): 677-700.
Arbach 2021: 163, fig. 2Arbach, Mounir 2021. Quelques jalons de l’histoire de Tamnaʿ, l’ancienne capitale du royaume de Qatabān, à la lumière des fouilles archéologiques italo-françaises. Pages 157-169 in Sabina Antonini de Maigret and Alessio Agostini (eds). Missione Archeologica Italiana in Yemen Studi di materiali inediti e rivisitazioni alla memoria di Alessandro de Maigret / Italian Archaeological Mission in Yemen Essays on Unpublished and Newly Revised Materials in Memory of Alessandro de Maigret. Perugia: OL3.