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UAM 372


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2
Chronology
PeriodC

GENERAL NOTES

Chronology: about first AD.

TEXT

marker


   1  mqf ʾbkrb
   2  ḏ-Bʿgm ʿs³b

Apparatus
2It must be read Bʿgm instead of Bʿlm (editors; see UAM 327); ʿs³b as a verb (Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, University Museum, UAM 372
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (mqf)
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 5.5, w. 12.5, th. 4.6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādī Lajiya)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Lajiya
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach 2001: 113-114, fig. 14Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Arbach, Mounir 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Musée de l'Université d'Aden. Raydān, 7: 103-124.
Prioletta 2010: 180, photoPrioletta, 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.