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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Measure of letters 4
Chronology
GENERAL NOTES
The language could be Sabaic.
TEXT marker
1 [... ...](ṯ) w-mn (y)[... ...] 2 [... ...]ʿ w-wrṯ[... ...] 3 [... ...] w-rdʾ[... ...] 4 [... ...]rṯ kl[... ...]
Apparatus 2 The word wrṯ is attested twice in Minaic.
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit Cambridge MA, Harvard Semitic Museum, 1936.1.14 Support type Stone inscription Material Stone Measures h. 20.5, w. 12, th. 5 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin Modern site Unknown Ancient site Unknown Geographical area Unknown Country Unknown Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYHuehnergard 2000 : 199 (photo)Huehnergard, John 2000. Old south Arabian inscriptions in the Harvard Semitic Museum. Pages 196-206 in Lawrence E. Stager, Joseph A. Greene and Michael D. Coogan (eds). The archaeology of Jordan and beyond. Essays in honor of James A. Sauer . Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.