DASI ID: ID: 159
External image
Available on source website
"By kind permission of British Museum"
Text:
Translations:
1ʿmḏrʾ and 2Hwfwd, sons 3of ʾws¹ ḏ- 4Zlmn, dedicated 5to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ 6the two incense burners.
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Incense burner
Materials: Stone
Shape: With truncated pyramidal base
Measures: h. 30, w. 15
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Vertical grooves
Figurative Subjects:
Monogram Name: Zlmn
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Letter Measure: 3
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: RES 3327, M 306
Spatial
Site: Kharibat Hamdān, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Hrm
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 125111=1887,0629.9
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