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RES 3607
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] mlk ʾws¹(n) b-d[... ...]
2 [... ...] b-bḍʿ Dhs¹m w-wf[... ...]
3 [... ...] w-ʾhgr Gfrt w-ʾ[... ...]
4 [... ...]
| 1 | b-D[hs¹m] (Jamme 1971: 65). |
| 2 | At the end, perhaps: w-wf[ṭ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 103060 (=1910,0507.2) |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 24.5, w. 34.5, th. 9.4 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |