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A-20-850
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...](w)-ʾhl ʾmnhtn w-Mʿn b-ʿmh ʾbkrb Yṯʿ mlkh Mʿn k-ʾy hn yftḥ-s¹m ḥgg s²ymh[... ...]
2 [... ...]wd bn Mʿn hl-ḏ-m ngw k-s¹ b-(ṣl)whtn w-ḏ wfʾ ʿwl ʿm-s¹ w-ʾb-s¹ qdm-s¹ w-s²k-lm[ ... ...]
3 [... ...]q w-ṭb b-ʾhl nkr-s¹ ʾhl ʾmnhtn w-Mʿn b-ftḥ s¹mʿ ḏ-Kyln w-Nḍf ḏ-mwʿ[... ...]
4 [... ... ]ʾdm w-ʾʾmw mlkn w-bn ʾwṣlh wṣl mlkn w-mlkhtn w-bn mqblh w-qrʾt[... ...]
5 [... ... ](ʾh)[..] ngw b-ṣlwtn ʾḫr bn ḏ-ys¹tṭbn w-zzf w-s³ʿ[.]l (ʾ)[... ...]
| 2 | at the beginning of the line wd seems to be the end of a proper name. |
| 5 | ʾh(l)[m is a likely reading. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-850 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 21.5, w. 85, th. 16.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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