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Ja 2893
Jamme 1981: pl. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Measure of letters | 8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿlqb bn Ftḥm hqn—
2 y ʾlmqh kl wld-hw
| 2 | The letters k and d are reversed. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿlbq, son of Ftḥm, dedi- 2 cated to ʾlmqh all his children. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown (Private collection) |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 20, w. 54.3, th. 11.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Hāmid |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Tihāma centrale |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
| Notes | The stone inscription was discovered in a small site located 5 km east of al-Hāmid. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1981: 96, pl. 1 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1981. Pre-islamic Arabian Miscellanea. Pages 95-112 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität. |