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Object Type
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Museum number
103060
Description
Part of a limestone slab with 3 lines of South Arabian inscription in Sabaean, purportedly mentioning the King of Ausan and the territory of Dahasom; upper and left edge broken.
Cultures/periods
Ancient South Arabian
Production place
Made in:
Yemen
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Yemen
Materials
calcite
Dimensions
Height:
10 inches
Width:
13.50 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Halévy J 1910a / Quatre nouvelle fragments
(p.98, no.4)
RES / Repertoire d'epigraphie semitique
(pp.235-36, no.3607)
(cites Halevy's transcription)
BM Return 1911 / BM Returns: Account of the Income & Expenditure of the British Museum ... for the year ending the 31st day of March 1911
(p. 67)
Jamme 1971a / Miscellanees d'ancient arabe II
(p.38, 42)
Kitchen 2000a / Documentation for Ancient Arabia
(pp. 31, 34)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Incomplete; upper and left edge broken.
Associated places
Named in inscription:
Dahasom
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Charles Albert Brenchley
Purchased through:
George Hallett
Acquisition date
1910
Acquisition notes
Collection of "5 Himyaritic stones & four others" deposited by Hallett 1 October 1909 (ANE deposit book entry); letter dated 27 April 1910 from Hallett to Budge states that he is authorised by Mr. Brenchley to accept his offer of £100 for "the Himyaritic stone inscriptions"; invoice for these sent 8 May 1910; Hallett writes 8 June the same year from his home address on further news from Brenchley (ANE Correspondence 1910, q.v. Hallett).
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
103060
Registration number
1910,0507.2
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
RES 3607
(siglum)