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CT 57 Ja 1084
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Vertical |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Text position | Rim |
| Measure of letters | about 1 |
| Textual typology | Wd ʾb formula + onomastics |
TEXT
1 Mʾs²mrm ḏ-ʾlḥ Wdm-ʾbm |
| Mʾbm Ms¹s²ms¹m Ḥl-ʾb (Ryckmans). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum, 51.589 |
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Vessel |
| Material | Clay |
| Dimensions | h. 20, d. 15 (Caton-Thompson, p. 119: d. rim 10.9, h. 16) |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥurayḍa |
| Ancient site | Mḏbm |
| Geographical area | Western Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb |
| Notes | Cave tomb A5 (A5.VI.8). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1944: 178, pls XXIX/1, LI/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: 52-53, pls IX 22/a, b | 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. |
| Simpson 2002: 189, cat. 256 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |