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A-10-238
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 3 |
| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...]wmm w-l-mḫr hw[... ...]
2 [... ...](w) yhrʾs²n f-l ywf[y ... ...]
3 [... ...] bs¹lnn((b-s¹lnn)) b-s²bʿn w-wqh[... ...]
| 1 | For a possible integration at the end of the line, see Ja 649: 41: w-l-ḏ-mḫr hwt ywmn "on the day following that day". |
| 2 | hrʾs² "engage in some type of commercial transaction" (SD: 112). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-10-238 |
| Support type | Unknown |
| Material | Clay |
| Dimensions | h. 13, w. 20, th. 3.8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jawf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |