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MṢM 4515
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]s³lʾ Nbʿ{ʾ}l b-(s¹ʾ)l s¹ʾ(l)[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 4515 |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 7, w. 39, th. 21 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | Origin assumed on the basis of the mention of the god Nbʿl. The museum catalogue reports instead a provenance from Maʾrib. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Prioletta 2014 a: 198, fig. 5 | Prioletta, Alessia 2014. Nouvelles inscriptions maʿīniques de Kamna au Musée militaire de Ṣanʿāʿ. Semitica et Classica, 7: 191-201. |