DASI ID: ID: 5079
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"By kind permission of Mission Qatabān"
Text:
Translations:
1ʾlqwm son of Dymn ḏ-ʾḥrb dedicated to ʾn- 2by; by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ḏt Ḥmym and by 3S²hr and by 4Wtrʾl.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Altar
Materials: Stone
Shape: With truncated pyramidal base
Measures: h. of the altar 150; h. 24.9, w. 21.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Letter B
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Shape: Letter Ḥ
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Letter Measure: 6.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: CSAI I, 91
Spatial
Site: Hajar Kuḥlān, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Tmnʿ
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Bayḥān
institution: Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: 745
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