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Ja 681 MaMB 303
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...D](b)rn H(s¹)ml[... ...]
2 [... ...] hmẓʾ S¹mh[... ...]
3 [... ...]m qdm ḏ-Qb[... ...]
| 1 | Reconstruction of Dbrn based on the inscription Ja 682. |
| 2 | The name S¹mh could be incomplete. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 30, w.19 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Notes | Jamme relates that the stone was found near the center of the mausoleum. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 181 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |