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RES 4690 Ry 161
Simpson 2002: 97, cat. 110
Simpson 2002: 97, cat. 110
By kind permission of British Museum
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 ʾḏll bn
2 Whbʾl
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125682=1937,0507.1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 32, w.15, th. 8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shabwa |
| Ancient site | S²bwt |
| Geographical area | Shabwa |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937: 245, (facsimile) | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quatrième série. Le Muséon, 50: 239-268. |
| Pirenne 1990: 81, pl. LXIII | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient] |
| Simpson 2002: 97, cat. 110 | Simpson, 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] |