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HSM 1936.1.18
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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 | 4.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ...]ʾḫ ʿs¹n (w)[... ...]
2 [... ... ]frrʿ kl mʿ(ḏ)[r... ...]
3 [... ... ]Ybrʾḫ b-byt[... ...]
4 [... ...]m whb S²ll m[... ...]
| 1 | Huehnergard suggests to read w-(kl). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Cambridge MA, Harvard Semitic Museum, 1936.1.18 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 25.5, w. 22.7, th. 8.3 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Huehnergard 2000: 200 (photo) | Huehnergard, John 2000. Old south Arabian inscriptions in the Harvard Semitic Museum. Pages 196-206 in Lawrence E. Stager, Joseph A. Greene and Michael D. Coogan (eds). The archaeology of Jordan and beyond. Essays in honor of James A. Sauer. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. |
| Woods 2010: 198, cat. 92 | Woods, Christopher (ed.) 2010. Visible language. Inventions of writing in the ancient middle East and beyond. Visible Language: Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East and Beyond (September 28 2010 - March 6 2011, Museum of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago). With the assistance of Geoff Emberling and Emily Teeter. (Oriental Institute Museum Publications, 32). Chicago: Oriental Institute Museum Publications. |