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Ẓafār-Garbini 5 Ga 38(Ja); Ga 75(Ja)
Garbini 1973 d: pl. 2/c
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 w [... ...]
2 w [... ...]
3 [by]t-hmw Klnm bn [mwṯr-hw ʿdy tfrʿ-hw]
4 [b-w]rḫn ḏ-Ṯbtn ḏ-b-ḫr[fn ḏ-l-... ...]
| 3 | The line is not readable on the photo. |
| 4 | The reading ḏ-Yḏtn by Garbini was corrected to ḏ-Ṯbtn by Jamme (1976). We acknowledge I. Gajda for pointing out this. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ẓafār (Private collection) |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 26, w. 32 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ẓafār |
| Ancient site | Ẓfr |
| Geographical area | Ẓafār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1973 d: 591, pl. 2/c | Garbini, Giovanni 1973. Frammenti epigrafici sabei-II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/4: 587-593. |
| Jamme 1976: 149 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |