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Christie's 1980


Bordreuil, Briquel-Chatonnet and Gubel 1999: 254, fig. 14
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The text is considered Sabaic because originary from Jidfir ibn Munayḫir.

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ... hq]ny S¹m—
   3  (ʿ)( ḏ)-(Ẓb)[yt ... ...]

Apparatus
3The text probably continued after l.3.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJidfir ibn Munaykhir
Ancient siteKhlm
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of S¹mʿ ḏ-Ẓbyt
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bordreuil, Briquel-Chatonnet and Gubel 1999: 254, fig. 14Bordreuil, Pierre, Briquel-Chatonnet, Françoise and Gubel, Eric 1999. Bulletin d'antiquités archéologiques du Levant inédites ou méconnues. Baalim VII. Syria, 76: 237-280. 2015/06/26; http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/syria_0039-7946_1999_num_76_1_7615.