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Schm/Mārib 25
Schmidt et al. 1986: pl. 15/c
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 S¹mhʾmr
2 bn ʾlʾws¹
3 bn Rms¹m
4 bʿl Ykrb
| 2, 4 | The letter l is written as its mirror-image. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with niche |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schmidt et al. 1986: 72-73, pl. 15/c | Schmidt, Jürgen, Finster, Barbara, Herberg, Werner, Klaus, M. and Müller, Walter W. 1986. Zweiter vorläufiger Bericht über die Ausgrabungen und Forschungen des deutschen archäologischen Instituts Ṣanʿāʾ in Mārib und Umgebung. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 3: 1-95. |