RES 3902bis N° 138
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DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2350=AM 60.758 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription | ||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||
| Measures | h. 17.5, w. 11.5, th. 7.5 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | The symbol on the upper side ("Doppelgriffel" symbol) is probably that of ḏ-S¹mwy. On the top surface of the base four small cavities to hold a bronze statuette of a quadruped, probably a camel. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Mdrn |
| Notes | Wissmann 1964 a: 36 located the sanctuary of Mdrn in the wādī Najrān, from where the inscription may come. |
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EPIGRAPHS
| Title | RES 3902 bis N° 138 |
| Concordance | RES 3902 N° 138; Ja 114; Ghul-YU 27 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Wissmann 1964 a | Wissmann, Hermann von 1964. Zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Alt-Südarabien. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 3. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 246). Vienna: Böhlaus. |
| Hayajneh 2002: 194-197, figs. 4a-b | Hayajneh, Hani 2002. Erneute Behandlung einiger altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13/2: 193-222. |