Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Script cursus | Left to right |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 5 |
Inscription from left to right. "It starts out nicely, but is cut shallower toward the right until it fades out about half way across the box" (Jamme). |
Deposit | Unknown, M 371 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 30, w. 66, th. 40.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Khawr Rūrī |
Ancient site | S¹mhrm / S¹mrm |
Geographical area | Southern Ẓufār |
Country | Oman |
Notes | "Room III M 2, 2m above floor" (Albright). |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1979: 96, pl. h | 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. 38, fig. 75 | 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. |