Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 7 | ||
Chronology |
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2 | Jamme (1985: 263-264) suggests to compare "wkbm" with the tribe name Wkbm well attested in the inscriptions from the jebel ʿAmūd al ʿAyraf, which is not very far from Marib. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 451 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | big fragment: h. 26, w. 18, th. 7.5; small fragment: h. 14, w. 13, th. 7 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
Ancient site | ʾwm |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
Link to site record |
CIAS: i, 91, 391-392, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
Jamme 1985 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |