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Object Type
Museum number: 125983
Description: Limestone or sandstone slab of 7 lines of South Arabian inscription, dedication of image to Il-makah by 'Ukht'ummihu and Safnat mistresses of Khaimat in province of Maryab; incomplete?; top missing?; very chipped at base.
Cultures/periods
Production place: Made in: Yemen
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Marib (Saba)
Materials: limestone (?); sandstone (?)
Dimensions: Height: 16 inches; Width: 8.75 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: A photograph of this inscription (and eight other ancient South Arabian inscriptions) was sent to The British Museum by Captain R. Lambert Playfair when it was described as "No. 34. Marble Slab from MAREB in the possession of the Rev. Dr. Wilson, Bombay" (Central Archives; copy in ANE Archives 173.6).
Bibliographic references: Jamme 1971a / Miscellanees d'ancient arabe II (p.40, 41); Kitchen 2000a / Documentation for Ancient Arabia (p. 30, 31, 32, 33); Birch S & Franks A W 1863a / Inscriptions in the Himyaritic character, now deposited in the British Museum, chiefly discovered in Southern Arabia (pl. XVII, no. 36)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Incomplete?; top missing?; very chipped at base.
Associated names
Associated places: Named in inscription: Marib (Saba)
Acquisition name
Acquisition notes: Brought from Marib by Mikal Joseph (BM Return for 1864/65), p.13.
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 125983
Registration number: 1863,0216.5
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: CIH 389 (siglum)

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