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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 1.7 |
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿdʾw[m ... ...]
2 ʿwfm [... ...]
3 hqny [... ...]
4 ḏ-S¹(m)[wy ... ...]
5 [... ...]
Apparatus |
2 | As the verb is at singular ʿwfm should be the patronymic or the second name of the dedicant. |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-275 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 14, w. 9.5, th. 4 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
ProvenanceModern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
Ancient site | Ns²qm |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
Country | Yemen |
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