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LOT 0206
South Arabian Alabaster Tablet with Inscription
3RD CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (1.3 kg, 12 cm).
Rectangular with two lateral flanges to the upper face; worked and dressed face with legend in seriffed South Arabian script.
Provenance
Acquired by Barbara Toy, 1950/60s and thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. limestone block in the collection of the British Museum under accession no. 141539 (1985,0223.8) with more extensive legend in the script.
Footnotes
The South Arabian script is an abjad written sinistrograde; the present text appears to contain the numerals for '1' and '100'.
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