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block
;
forgery
Object Type
block
forgery
Museum number
117933
Description
Square marble block with 5 lines of inscription in South Arabian script; a forgery; complete.
Production date
19thC
Production place
Made in:
Yemen
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Yemen
Materials
marble
Dimensions
Height:
14.75 inches
Width:
14.625 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Pirenne J 1966a / Contribution à l'épigraphie sud-arabiques (4 planches)
(p.97)
Wissmann 1968a / Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Hadramaut, Qataban und das Aden-Gebiet in der Antike, Istanbul 1977
(p.46)
Jamme 1971a / Miscellanees d'ancient arabe II
(pp.39, 41)
Kitchen 2000a / Documentation for Ancient Arabia
(pp.32, 34)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Good; complete.
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Mrs Theodore Bent
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
James Theodore Bent
Acquisition notes
Collection deposited 9 April 1926, when itemised in WAA deposit books as "6 Himyaritic stelae & frags. of inscr[iption]s & Himyaritic stamp(?)". No correspondence filed under donor's name for either this year or the year preceding.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
117933
Registration number
1926,0405.5
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
Ja 2214
(siglum)
Miscellaneous number:
R 4352
Miscellaneous number:
RES 3510