DASI ID: ID: 259
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"By kind permission of British Museum"
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1954: pl. II, photo Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1ʾlḏrʾ, son of Ys²rḥʿm, and ʾbʿly, son of Yṣrʿm, 2and Hwfʿm, son of Nmrm, those of the family Ygr, made, gained legal possession, built 3their grave Mrdʿm and its hall in its entirety from foundation 4to top, according to ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof.
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 26.5, w. 66
Letter Measure: 5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Q 874, CSAI I, 71
Spatial
Site: Unknown
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 103059=1910,0507.1
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