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Ja 2888
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Notes on support and decorations | "The inscribed surface was painted in green (sic, Ed.) before the engraving took place. The setting of the text, the width of which is about 3/4 of the letter height, is void of any paint and carved slightly aslant toward the stone edges" (Jamme). |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd |
| Ancient site | ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Notes | "A stone of red granite about 10 m above ground level at the eastern edge of the northern wall of Ḥusn al-Ḫuẓîri (southwest of Hajar bin Ḥumeid on the western side of Wādî Beiḥân), which belonged in 1950 to ʿAbdallah Jaḥânat" (Jamme). |
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EPIGRAPHS
| Title | Ja 2888 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic |
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