Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | about 3.5 |
The reading of the first name follows Jamme, who thinks the text is written in "cursive alphabet". ʾ is dextrograde. |
Deposit | Unknown, M 82 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 14, w. 25, th. 4.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Khawr Rūrī |
Ancient site | S¹mhrm / S¹mrm |
Geographical area | Southern Ẓufār |
Country | Oman |
Notes | "Room VI L 20, near floor" (Albright). |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1979: 95-96, pls 7, h (illegible photo), (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A205328#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Albright 1982: 88, pl. 39, fig. 76 | Albright, Frank P. 1982. The American Archaeological Expedition in Dhofar, Oman, 1952-1953. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 6). Washington: American Foundation for the Study of Man / Philadelphia, Pa.: Distributed by G. Allen, Bookseller. |