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UAM 368
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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 | 2.5 |
GENERAL NOTES
| It is purely on a palaeographic ground that we assume that the text belongs to the phase when wādī Lajiya was not any longer under control of Qataban (see UAM 327). |
TEXT
1 mqf Ḥbs²t
2 *ḏ*t byt ʾb—
3 ḏkr ḏ-Hṭrn
| 2 | ṭt in the text. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, University Museum, UAM 368 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (mqf) |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 14.5, w. 15, th. 5.5 |
| 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: 111, fig. 11 | Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Arbach, Mounir 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Musée de l'Université d'Aden. Raydān, 7: 103-124. |
| Prioletta 2010: 181, 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. |