By kind permission of British Museum
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 | 9.7 |
Chronology |
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TEXT
1 (b)-ʿṯtr [w]-(b )↯[ʾlmq]↯h w-b ḏt Ḥm[ym w-b Kr—
2 bʾl w-b ]Ydʿʾb w-b (ʾḫ)↯[krb ]↯w-b Ktlm |
Apparatus |
| For the words between brackets, see CIH. |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125148=1871,1113.6 |
Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7466 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 31, w. 42.5, th. 5.7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Kharibat Saʿūd |
Ancient site | Ktlm |
Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
Country | Yemen |
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