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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 5.5 |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Mʿdkrb bn (N)[... ...]
2 ṣrḥty-hw w-b[... ...]
3 m b-ḥg ʾnby w-[ʾl tʿly... ... w-b]
4 ḏt Ẓhrn w-(b)[... ...]
| Apparatus |
| 2 | possible integration w-b[ʾr-hw (see MQ-HK4). | | 3 | Hayajneh reads w-s¹[... ...] but the s¹ is not visible and b-ḥg ʾnby is alsways followed by: w-ʾl tʿly. |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 510=AM 754 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 32, w. 35, th. 6 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
Origin| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 b: 127 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques sud-arabes de la collection de K. Muncherjee, I. Le Muséon, 65: 95-137.
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| Hayajneh 2002: 211, fig. 22 | Hayajneh, Hani 2002. Erneute Behandlung einiger altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13/2: 193-222.
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