Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ...]dmt and by ʿṯtr, 2 by ʾlmqh, by ḏt-Ḥmym, by 3 Krbʾl, by S¹mhʿly, by Hl‒ 4 km son of Ḏmrʿly and by Lḥyʿṯt 5 his father; and ʾlqdm committed his private shrine to 6 Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 149 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 65, w. 56, th. 7 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Notes | There is disagreement about the origin of the object between the museum catalogue (al-Jawf) and the editors (Mārib). |
Link to site record |
Catalogue 2000: 285, cat. 38 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |
Simpson 2002: 158, cat. 202 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |