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Ja 824 MaMB 309
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ... Yṯʿʾ]mr Byn bn Ykrbmlk Wtr
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Notes | "On cover slab to one of the burial compartments in the mausoleum" (F.P. Albright). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 244 | 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. |