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CIAS C 42/f 6/95.11
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 6 |
TEXT
1 Blw ʾl-ʾ←ws¹n
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Blw the god of Awsān. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1285=AM 60.1399 |
| Support type | Artefact » Offering table » With bull head as gutter |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 23, w. 20, th. 7 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Markha) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Markha |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: ii, 257-259, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |