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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Script cursus | Boustrophedon |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 5 |
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...]ywt w-Hfrʿ
2 Whrm bn ʿ(m)[... ...]
3 [... ...]m w-ḏ ʾḏn-hm—
4 y w-(ṣ)dq fd(y)[-h]mw (l)-s²ʿb-h—
5 mw Mhʾnf[m ]w-hb(ʾ)-hmw n—
6 wḥ-hmw ʿyd[. ]b-ʿṯtr w-b
7 ʾlmqh w-b [ʿ](ṯt)r ḏ-Gwft—
8 m w-b ḏt Ḥm(y)[m ]w-b S¹mhʿl—
9 y w-b S¹bʾ w-b Mhʾ[nfm]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 298 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 58, w. 48, th. 21 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
Origin and provenanceModern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | al-Ḥadāʾ |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Gwftm |
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