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Ja 2456


Jamme 1972: pl. 14 (facsimile); Bron 1992: 27, photo
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Jamme 1972: pl. 14 (facsimile); Bron 1992: 27, photo
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By kind permission of British Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

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   1  [... ...]rhn Yḥrm w-Mḥrmm w-ʾḥrm b-(h)[... ...]
   2  [... ...](d)m w-bn-mw ḫlf s¹ṭwhn ʾ(d)[ ... ...]
   3  [... ... S²]bwt w-mḥrmhn w-mṭrhn[ ... ...]
   4  [... ...](tr) [... ...](hn) w-ḥ[... ...]

Apparatus
1at the beginning of the line Jamme integrates [ʾbʾ]rhn, at the end b-h[grhn S²bwt ...].
4[... ʿṯ]tr (Jamme).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 132613=1959,0509.3
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 27.5, w. 43.7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShabwa
Ancient siteS²bwt
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1972: 51, pl. 14Jamme, Albert W.F. 1972. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe III. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250312. [Privately printed]
Bron 1992: 27, photoBron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites.