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Musée de Mukallā 219


Simpson 2002: cat. 211

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  Ydʿʾb [Ġ]→(yl)[n] (b)—
   2  n S¹mhry→m mkr—
   3  b Ḥḍr—
   4  mt

Apparatus
On the back of the statue, the god's name S¹yn is engraved.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Deposital-Mukallā, Museum, MM 219
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Animal figure
Dimensionsh. 103, w. 20, th. 53
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤurayḍa
Ancient siteMḏbm
Geographical areaWestern Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of S¹yn ḏ-Mḏbm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer 1995: 140-141, pl. 23Bauer, Gleb M. 1995. Epigrafika Raybūna. (Raybun Epigraphy). Pages 112-152 in Petr A. Grjaznevič and Alexander V. Sedov (eds). Khadramaut. Arkheologiceskie, etnograficeskie i istoriko-kul'turnye issledovaniya. Trudy Sovetsko-Yemenskoy kompleksnoy ekspedicii. (Ḥaḍramawt. Archaeological, Ethnological and Historical Studies. Preliminary Reports of the Soviet-Yemeni Joint Complex Expedition). Moscow: Vostochnaya literatura RAN.
Avanzini 1996: 183, figs 2-4Avanzini, Alessandra 1996. La missione italiana nel Dhofar (1997). Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 19: 181-187.
Simpson 2002: 167-168, cat. 211Simpson, 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]
Sedov 2005: 126, pl. XLVISedov, Alexander V. 2005. Temples of Ancient Ḥaḍramawt. (Arabia Antica, 3). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Pisa University Press.
Prioletta 2013 b: 97, fig. 1Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Remarks on some processes of assimilation and innovation in the language and culture of Ḥaḍramawt during its ancient history. Aula Orientalis, 31/1: 93-108.