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Object Type
Museum number: 125142
Description: Part of a limestone slab with a 4 line South Arabian inscription in Minaean; purportedly states Yahriq dedicates to Athtar, the palm grove of Dhi'b Dhu Yad'a; surface worn.
Cultures/periods
Production place: Made in: Yemen
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Baraqish
Materials
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
Bibliographic references: Jamme 1971a / Miscellanees d'ancient arabe II (p.39, 42, 62); Capuzzi 1974a / Iscrizioni sudarabiche, Iscrizioni Minee (pp. 87); Kitchen 2000a / Documentation for Ancient Arabia (pp. 31, 32, 34)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Fair; incomplete?; surface worn.
Associated names: Named in inscription: Yahriq; Named in inscription: Athtar
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 125142
Registration number: 1887,0629.35
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Glaser 333 (siglum); Miscellaneous number: M 305 (Capuzzi 1974a); Miscellaneous number: RES 3326 (siglum); Miscellaneous number: ex 100 (exhibition number); Miscellaneous number: ex 633 (exhibition number)

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