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RES 4234 Ry 125; Q 140; CSAI I, 916
By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2 |
GENERAL NOTES
| Language and cultural origin are hypothetical. |
TEXT
1 | ʾlwhb
| Letters with apexes at the ends; word separator with circle at the middle, final b without upper horizontal bar. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Near East Section, Quill Jones Collection, 30-47-9 |
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 33, w. 14, th. 8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1935: 173, pl. II | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1935. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Troisième série. Le Muséon, 48: 1-187. |