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Gr 240 Itwa 15; Robin-Itwa 3
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 203 b
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ...] ʾdm bny Btʿ [... ...]
2 [... ...ʾ]ḥrr-hmw w-ʾdm-[hmw ... ...]
3 [... ...]wfm w-ṭlym w-tr[... ...]
4 [... ... ʾ]dm-hw bny Nṭ[... ...]
5 l-ʾdm-hw ʾl [... ...]—
6 m-hmw w-rḍ[w ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 23, w. 21 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Itwa |
| Ancient site | ʾtwtm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 86, photos 203 a, b | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |