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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 3.5 |
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 mqf ʾbwd ḏ(t)-R(g)ybn r—
2 ṯd (ʿm) [... ...]t tr
| Apparatus |
| 1 | ḏ-[.]ʾr[.]ybn (Bāṭāyiʿ); the reading is very uncertain. | | 2 | [... ...ḏ]t tr (Bāṭāyiʿ). |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Banī Bakr, Storehouse |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (mqf) |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 33, w. 28, th. 7.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāṭāyiʿ 2002: 268, pl. 4/f | Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 2002. Ahammiyya mawqiʿ Hadīm Qaṭnān (Hdw) fī al-ḥadd min ḫilāl al-muʿṭayāt al-aṯariyya wa-l-naqšiyya. Maǧallat Ğāmiʿa ʿAden li-l-ʿulūm al-iǧtimāʿiyya wa-l-insāniyya, 5/9: 265-287.
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