By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2 |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Lḥyʿt ḏ-ʾbydʿ[ ]... ...Yṣd]—
2 qʾl Frʿm S²rḥʿt (mlk)[ ʾws¹n ... ...]—
3 y ḏhbn ḥg wqh ʾb-[... ... ʿ]—
4 d mḥrm-s¹ [... ...]
| Apparatus |
| 1 | G. Ryckmans reads ḏ-(ʾb)ydʿ (S²ḥ)[... ...]. | | 2-3 | ṣlm]y (G. Ryckmans). |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Near East Section, Quill Jones Collection, 30-47-34 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 9.5, w. 15, th. 3 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
Origin and provenance. Conjectural| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Markha |
| Country | Yemen |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Legrain 1934 b: 65, photo | Legrain, Léon 1934. Au pays de la reine de Saba. Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6/11: 65-85.
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| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1935: 168-170 n. 116, pl. I | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1935. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Troisième série. Le Muséon, 48: 1-187.
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