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MṢM 3626
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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 | 4.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 | Ybs²ʾl w-Ys³qʾl b[n] Ḏʾb s³lʾ Nbʿl |
| 1 | letter s³ in archaic style. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ybs²ʾl and Ys³qʾl sons of Ḏʾb dedicated to Nbʿl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 3626 |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 15, w. 85, th. 49 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rossi 2022: 192, 469, fig. 30 | 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. |