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CIH 580 RES 649
Calvet and Robin 1997: 148, cat. 72
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] ṣlmnhn ḥmdm [... ...]
2 [... ... ʾ]lmqh(w) b-hrʾy (h)[rʾy ... ...]
3 [... ...] b-mḥ(r)m(n) ḏ-ʾw(m) [... ...]
4 [... ...](ls¹)[..] b(n) [...]ʾl [... ...]
5 [... ... ʾmr](ʾ)-(hmw b)-kl ʾ(b)[rṯ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 1541 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 16.5, w. 15.5, th. 6 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 148, cat. 72 | Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. |