DASI ID: ID: 1003
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"Arbach and Audouin 2007: 79, cat. 49"
Text:
Translations:
1S¹mʿṯt son of Hbbrʾl, 2"friend" of S¹mhʿly, dedicated 3[... ...], by ʿṯtr 4[... ...]
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Alabaster
Measures: h. 52, w. 55, th. 6.5
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Horizontal grooves
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: False window
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Crescent moon
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Letter Measure: 4
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Kharibat Saʿūd, Mārib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ktlm
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 18348
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