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MṢM 193C
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| See General Remarks in MṢM 193B. |
TEXT
1 bry
2 S²ms¹
| Letter m reversed. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 193 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner (mqṭr) |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Dimensions | h. 117, w. 21, th. 14 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (Hamdān) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | According to the Catalogues the provenance of the object might be Maʾrib. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Catalogue 2000: 276, cat. 19 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |
| Simpson 2002: 166-167, cat. 208 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |