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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 1.2 |
GENERAL NOTES
| According to RES, this is the original text on the basis of which it exists a fake: RES 3902 N° 193a. | |
TEXT
1 ṣlw Ymtnʿ
2 bn Klybm
| Apparatus |
| 2 | Klybm is always attested as a name of person; therefore here it has to be considered as a patronymic. |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2155=AM 60.740 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (ṣlw) |
| Top | Convex |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 9, w. 8, th. 2.7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
Origin| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 b: 129 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques sud-arabes de la collection de K. Muncherjee, I. Le Muséon, 65: 95-137.
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