Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Wall | ||||||
Material | Stone | ||||||
Measures | h. 23.5, w. 1144 (measures of the text) | ||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | The symbol is incised at the beginning of the text (cf. Jamme 1962, ii, 265 and pl. C/2). |
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 554 is engraved on the left of Ja 552. |
Link to site record |
Title | Ja 554 |
Concordance | ZI 39 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
Link to epigraph record |