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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Script cursus | Boustrophedon |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | about 5 |
Chronology |
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TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...](ḍf)—
2 w Ḥywm w-ʿf(s³)m w-[..]—
3 m w-S¹m(hk)rb w-S¹mʿt w-
4 Hll w-Ḥywm hkn kwn
5 bn-hw Ṣ(bḥm) b-qny-hw
6 bn ḥqlm [....]hgrm
7 b-ʿṯt(r) [w-b ʾl]mqh w-b
8 ʿṯtr[ ... ...]
9 [.] w-b ḏ[... ... ](s¹)m
10 [... ...]bn
11 [... ...]
Apparatus |
1-2 | ḍfw could be the end of a proper name. |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 293 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 53, w. 45.7, th. 9 |
Link to object record | |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE