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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 | 2.1 |
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Nʿmm ḏt
2 S²wṭṭ((S²wḍṭ)) h—
3 qnyt ʾlh-
4 h ʿrs¹n |
Apparatus |
1 | Letter m reversed. | 2 | The name could be that of a man or group. |
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TRANSLATIONS
English | |
1 Nʿmm of
2 S²wṭṭ (or: S²wḍṭ) de-
3 dicated to her God
4 ʿrs¹n.
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 161 |
Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 16, w. 12, th. 7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Banū Ḥushaysh |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Banū Ḥushaysh |
Country | Yemen |
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