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MS Tanʿim al-Qarya 3
al-Salami 2011: 202, fig. 20
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
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OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Qarya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh ḏ-S²wḥṭ |
| Notes | The 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 one of the houses of the village. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 48, 50, fig. 20 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |