| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Wall | ||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||
| Measures | h. 24, w. 992 (measures of the text) | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | The symbol is incised at the right of the text. It is identical with the symbol of Ja 554 (Jamme 1962, ii, 266). |
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Notes | The inscriptions Ja 550-557 are engraved on the outside enclosure wall of the temple, at the sides of the western door (see the location in Jamme 1962 a: ii, pl. C/1). Ja 555 is engraved on the left of l.4 of Ja 555. |
| Link to site record |
| Title | Ja 556 |
| Concordance | ZI 41 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |
| Jamme 1962 a: ii, pl. C/1 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |