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DhM 387
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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 | 7.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʾlʿhr bn Ġylkrb ʾb[ ... ...]—
2 s¹n krb ʾhwr s³lʾ b-ʾr[nydʿ ... ...]
| 2 | "the obligation of the pools (?), which he dedicated (or: "as a dedication"), by ʾrnydʿ"; bʾr could be also part of a common noun. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 387 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h.17.6, w. 58.5, th. 9 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jawf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rossi 2022: 385-386 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |