The Excavation of Antioch-on-the-Orontes 1932-1939

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Upper fragment of a limestone stela, rounded at the top, with two perpendicular projections on the sides, of which the right hand one is broken off. Five lines, three of which are partly broken, in ordinary Kufic. Characters engraved. Excellent alignment and well proportioned letters. The s,n and mim bear lily-like ornamentation; tha ra, nun, and wa end with a hook terminating in an apex. the alif carries a hook at the lower end turned to the right. Dimensions: .54 x .37 m.

Ant. I, I. fig 1 p. 54

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