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BM 141535 Ja 2121
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
Doe 1971: pl. 7
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text has been edited by Jamme in 1971. In that moment the stela was in the Museum of Aden (AM 866). |
TEXT
1 [... ... ](M)lḥm bn
2 Mwʾm ʿbd[... ...]
3 [... ...]-hmy S³nḥ |
4 b-ʿṯtr w-b [... ...]
| 1 | Mlḥm could be incomplete: [... ...]mlḥm. |
| 2 | it is not sure whether Mwʾm is a patronymic or a name of group. |
| 3 | Jamme 1972: 120 integrates by](t)-hmy. In this case S³nḥ is a name of building, but the integration is not sure. S³nḥ could also be an epithet of a god. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 141535=1985,0223.4 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 38, w. 44.5, th. 8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Doe 1971: 35, pl. 7 | Doe, D. Brian 1971. Southern Arabia. London: Thames and Hudson. |
| Jamme 1971 b: 120 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |