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A-20-1023
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2.5 |
TEXT
1 [... ...](ḥ)m[... ...] ←[... ...]
2 [... ...]fqḥnm ḏ-y[...]← [... ...]ṯn [.]mr[... ...]
3 [... ...](ʾḥ)d b-s¹qm ←(bq)rn w-ʾḥd b-ʿmlm [... ...]
4 [... ...](l ʾ)[.]←[.]m b-ywm ḍrm w-ʾ(ḥ)[... ...]
| We assume, even though with a certain degree of uncertainty since the text is fragmentary, that each line ran on both (or even all four) sides of the block. | |
| 3 | The reading at the end of the line is not sure. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-1023 |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 15, w. 14, th. 9.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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