DASI ID: ID: 997
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"Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 13/39"
Text:
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Altar
Materials: Stone
Shape: With rectangular base
Measures: h. 59.5, w. top 26, w. base 32
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Spear
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Rectangles
Letter Measure: 6.8
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Unknown (wādī al-Jawf), Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
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