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CT 46 Ja 1083
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 7.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 Wḍ—
2 rm w-ʿ—
3 rk—
4 ḍm
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum, 51.569 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 47, w. 8.1, th. 6.1 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥurayḍa |
| Ancient site | Mḏbm |
| Geographical area | Western Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S¹yn ḏ-Mḏbm |
| Notes | Extra muros buildings: cobble paving and superposed structures. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1944: 172, pls XXI/1, LXVII/5 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1944. Epigraphy. The inscriptions from the Moon Temple. Pages 155-184 in Gertrude Caton Thompson. The Tombs and Moon Temple of Hureidha (Hadhramaut). (Reports of the Research Committee and of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 13). Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| Jamme 1965 a: 51-52, pl. VIII/21 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1965. The South Arabian collection of the University Museum (Cambridge, England). Documentation sud-arabe, IV. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 40: 43-55. |