UAM 371
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| Chronology: about first AD. |
TEXT
1 mqf ʿbdm
2 Mʿhr w-ḏ-ʾ—
3 lʿn Wtr
| 2-3 | It is not clear whether ʾlʿn Wtr is a proper or a group name. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, University Museum, UAM 371 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (mqf) |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 6.5, w. 12, th. 5.8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Lajiya |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach 2001: 113-114, fig. 14 | Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Arbach, Mounir 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Musée de l'Université d'Aden. Raydān, 7: 103-124. |
| Prioletta 2010: 180-181, photo | Prioletta, Alessia 2010. I musei dello Yemen 3. Le iscrizioni del wādī Lajiya al Museo dell'Università di Aden. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 33: 169-186. |