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CIH 943
Calvet and Robin 1997: 119, cat. 34
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 (ʿ)[.ḏ... ... b]—
2 (n) (K)rbʾl ḏ-ʾġ(l)[... ...]
| Reading proposed by Calvet and Robin: | |
| 1 | ʿ(ḏḏʾ)[l b]-; on the basis of the restoration of the name, the inscription would be Hadramitic. |
| 2 | (n )Krbʾl ḏ-ʾġ(l)[bn] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 4739 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 9, w. 11, th. 5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 119, cat. 34 | 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. |