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UAM 340
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| See UAM 327, commissioned by members of the clan Bʿlm and written in Marginal Qatabanic. |
TEXT
1 | (mqf) Kwkbm |
2 Bʿgm Nḥ |
| 2 | It must be read Bʿgm instead of Bʿlm (editors; see UAM 327); nḥ as a verb (Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, University Museum, UAM 340 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (mqf) |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 18.5, w. 30, th. 13.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Lajiya) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Lajiya |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach 2001: 110-111, fig. 10 | Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Arbach, Mounir 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Musée de l'Université d'Aden. Raydān, 7: 103-124. |
| Prioletta 2010: 179-180, photo | Prioletta, Alessia 2010. I musei dello Yemen 3. Le iscrizioni del wādī Lajiya al Museo dell'Università di Aden. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 33: 169-186. |