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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 | 4 |
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʿlym bn [.]—
2 (ḏ)wn hqn(y)
3 [W](d)m ḏ-Yf(r)
4 ʾ[... ...]
Apparatus |
| The text is roughly written and has a number of palaeographic anomalies: letter m is reversed, ḏ is written with a third horizontal bar on the top. |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-289 |
Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
Measures | h. 28, w. 18, th. 15 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Bayt Ḍalaʿa |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Banū Maṭar |
Country | Yemen |
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