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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 4 |
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| See UAM 327, commissioned by members of the clan Bʿlm and written in Marginal Qatabanic. | |
TEXT
1 | (mqf) Kwkbm |
2 Bʿgm Nḥ |
| Apparatus |
| 2 | It must be read Bʿgm instead of Bʿlm (editors; see UAM 327); nḥ as a verb (Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach). |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, University Museum, UAM 340 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (mqf) |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 18.5, w. 30, th. 13.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
Origin| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Lajiya |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach 2001: 110-111, fig. 10 | Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Arbach, Mounir 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Musée de l'Université d'Aden. Raydān, 7: 103-124.
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| Prioletta 2010: 179-180, photo | Prioletta, Alessia 2010. I musei dello Yemen 3. Le iscrizioni del wādī Lajiya al Museo dell'Università di Aden. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 33: 169-186.
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