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MṢM 213
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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 | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 s²rḥ S²ms¹-b-ʿ(l)-(k)
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 The protection of S²ms¹ (is) upon you. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 213 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Subject | Human figure |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 12.5, w. 11, th. 6 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The stela was found in Maʾrib. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Antonini de Maigret 2014: 237-238, fig. 3/b. | Antonini de Maigret, Sabina 2014. A winged deity in southern Arabia. Pages 234-243 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Arabian and Islamic studies. A collection of papers in honour of Mikhail Borishovich Piotrovskij on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Moskow. |