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AM 202B
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 3.5 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is a fake (see AM 202A). |
TEXT
1 nfs¹ Ḏbn bn Krbl←t Ḥbztn w-l s²←ʿn ʿṯtryn-ḏ-ys²trn
| "Et qu'empoigne ʿAṯtar celui qui [la] fractionnerait" (Jamme). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 479=AM 202 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela (nfs¹) |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 39, w. 34, th. 13 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | an-Nuqūb |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Doe 1971: 33, pl. 1 | Doe, D. Brian 1971. Southern Arabia. London: Thames and Hudson. |
| Jamme 1971 b: 119 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |
| Robin 1991-1993 a: 135-136, fig. 34 | Robin, Christian J. (ed.) 1991-1993 [1992]. L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâces aux inscriptions. (Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Mediterranée, 61). Aix-en-Provence: Édisud. |