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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 | 2.2 |
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 [... ... S¹b]ʾ w-ḏ-R(y)[dn ... ...]
3 [... ...]bn bʾs¹t(m)[... ...]
4 [... ...ʾlm]qh-Ṯhwn[ ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2322B=AM 60.750B |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 10.5, w. 7, th. 7.6 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
Ancient site | ʾwm |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
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