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MS Tanʿim al-Qarya 2


al-Salami 2011: 202, fig. 19

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] byt ʾlmqh[ ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Qarya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh ḏ-S²wḥṭ
NotesThe stone originally belonged to the Temple of ʾlmqh ḏ-S²wḥṭ (the rests of which are still visible in the centre of the village of al-Qarya), but was then reemployed in the walls of a house situated in front of the eastern side of the mosque Masǧid ar-Rummāna.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Salami 2011: 48, 50, fig. 19al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.