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RES 3513 Ry 29
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 | 5 |
GENERAL NOTES
| Hypothetically, we can consider the inscription as being Ḥaḍramitic, since the majority of the Bent collection is in this language. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]| ḏt[ ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 117932=1926,0405.4 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 6.5, w. 9 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Notes | In the BM's fact sheet the provenance is mistakenly labelled as being from Ethiopia. The fragment is probably from Ḥaḍramawt. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 190 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200. |