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UAM 509


Bātāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Hasni and al-Hasni Jamal Mohammed Nasser
Bātāyiʿ and al-Hasni 2015: 81, fig. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6.2
Chronology
PeriodB2. Conjectural

GENERAL NOTES

The text is written in correct Qatabanic. There are not certain reasons to consider it Marginal Qatabanic.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...] Wb w-yḥr bḥt
   2  [... ...]l w-ʾlḏmr w-wl
   3  [... ...]ḏkr Wb w-Blw

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, University Museum, 509
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 34, w. 27.8, th. 11
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādī Markha)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Markha
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bātāyiʿ and al-Hasni 2015: 81-84, fig. 1Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser 2015. Ṯalāṯa nuqūš ǧadīda taḏkur al-ilāh al-ʾAwsānī (Blw). Pages 81-88 in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16]