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A-20-289
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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 | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʿlym bn [.]—
2 (ḏ)wn hqn(y)
3 [W](d)m ḏ-Yf(r)
4 ʾ[... ...]
| The text is roughly written and has a number of palaeographic anomalies: letter m is reversed, ḏ is written with a third horizontal bar on the top. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-289 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Dimensions | h. 28, w. 18, th. 15 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt Ḍalaʿa |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Banū Maṭar |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |