Hamilton 5
Pirenne 1990: pl. XLIV/a
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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 | 6.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ... H]wbs¹ bn [ ... ...]
2 [... ...]-hw ywm hy[ ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, 1952.505 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 39, w. 30 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shabwa |
| Ancient site | S²bwt |
| Geographical area | Shabwa |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Brown and Beeston 1954: 53, pl. XXII/1 | Brown, W.L. and Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1954. Sculptures and Inscriptions from Shabwa. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 43-62. |
| Jamme 1956 b: 148-149 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Remarks on the South-Arabian Inscriptions Hamilton 3-13. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1956: 146-156. |
| Pirenne 1990: 47, pl. XLIV/a | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient] |