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CIH 974 RES 315
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| CIH's text is probably a copy of an original text, which was also used as model for the fake inscription preserved in the Louvre Museum under the siglum AO 4542. |
TEXT
1 S²mrm bn Nbṭ[ʾ]—
2 l b-ʾḏn Blw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²mrm son of Nbṭʿl, 2 under the authority of Blw. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Derenbourg 1903: 162 | Derenbourg, M. Hartwig 1903. Faux et faussaires yéménites. Journal asiatique, 1/1: 162. |
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 257-258, n. 194 | Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. |