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Ja 425 RES 3987


By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 37, fig. 21

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...](t)[.](m)[... ...]
   2  [... ...]Hgrm w-r[... ...]

Apparatus
Compared to the facsimile in Mordtmann and Mittwoch's edition, the photograph in Jamme's edition and the Museum's photo show that in the meantime the stone had been damaged on its left side.
1[... ...by](t-hm)[w]( m)[... ...] (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).
2[... ...]Hgrm w-(r)[... ...] (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 13021/16033
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 17.3, w. 18.2, th. 13.6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 37, fig. 21 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Ansaldi 1933: fig. 87Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche.
Jamme 1956 a: 46-47, pl. IV/425Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.