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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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CIH 417 RES 651


Calvet and Robin 1997: 224, cat. 142

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... s²l]ṯ mbḥr-hw w-k(l)[ ... ...]
   2  [... ...](b)d-hw ṯʿd Bʿṯt[r ... ...]

Apparatus
1"ses tro]is chambres funeraires (?)" (Robin).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 1536
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 22.5, w. 37, th. 10.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
NotesPossibly the epigraph belongs to a funerary context (cf. Calvet and Robin 1997: 223 about CIH 371).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 223-224, cat. 142Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.