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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
Ancient South Arabian
Production place
Made in:
Yemen
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Mikal Joseph
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
Named in inscription:
Ilmakah
Associated places
Named in inscription:
Marib (Saba)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
British and Foreign Bible Society
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)