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Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982: pl. 40/d
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters31
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

On the external wall of the western rectangular basin.

TEXT


   1  Mrfdm

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Container » Basin
Measuresw. 25.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Balaq al-Janūbī
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
NotesOn the edge of the western basin.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lundin 1965: 18, 97, pl. V/2Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1965. Die Eponymenliste von Saba (aus dem Stamme Halīl). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 5. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 248/1). Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Jamme 1967 d: 387-388Jamme, Albert W.F. 1967. The Sabaean Onomastic Lists from (?) Ṣirwâḥ in ʾArḥab (second half). Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 42: 361-406.
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982: 113, fig. 31, pls 38/a-c, 40/aRobin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982. Dédicace de bassins rupestres antiques à proximité de Bâb al-Falaǧ (Mârib). Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 107-115.