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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 |
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TEXT
1 wṯn-ʾlmqhw
2 bʿl Ms²rʿm
Apparatus |
1 | The term wṯn, usually empolyed with the meaning of "boudary stone", rather refers here to a "monument" for ʾAlmaqah. |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-625 |
Support type | Artefact » Incense burner (wṯn) |
Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
Measures | h. 24, w. 17, th. 17 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqhw bʿl Ms²rʿm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sholan 2005 b: 21-34, pl. 5/4-6 | Sholan, Amida 2005. Dirāsa taḥlīliyya li-naqš sabaʾī ǧadīd ʿala mabḫara. Pages 21-34 in Omar Al-Ghul (ed.). Proceedings of Yarmouk Second Annual Colloquium on Epigraphy and Ancient Writings. 7th-9th October, 2003. [Irbid]: Yarmouk University.
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