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Ja 2879 KR 16
Jamme 1979: pl.7
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 | about 3.5 |
TEXT
1 Ḍnk bn ʾkwk
| The reading of the first name follows Jamme, who thinks the text is written in "cursive alphabet". ʾ is dextrograde. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown, M 82 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 14, w. 25, th. 4.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Khawr Rūrī |
| Ancient site | S¹mhrm / S¹mrm |
| Geographical area | Southern Ẓufār |
| Country | Oman |
| Notes | "Room VI L 20, near floor" (Albright). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1979: 95-96, pls 7, h (illegible photo), (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250306. [Privately printed] |
| Albright 1982: 88, pl. 39, fig. 76 | Albright, Frank P. 1982. The American Archaeological Expedition in Dhofar, Oman, 1952-1953. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 6). Washington: American Foundation for the Study of Man / Philadelphia, Pa.: Distributed by G. Allen, Bookseller. |