Sabaean Inscriptions from Mahram Bilqîs (Mârib) [Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, Volume III]
by Jamme, Albert (Text by); Wendell Phillips (Foreword by)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2"). xix, [1], 480pp (Text), 56pp (Plates), [8]pp (Plates), 3 double-page maps. Modern black cloth with goldlettering to spine.
"In this volume of South Arabian archaeology, more than three hundred inscriptions from the walls, memorial stones, and other monuments of the large ruined temple complex now called Mahram Bilqis, at Marib, Yemen, have been transliterated and translated."
Ex-library copy, with reference sticker at upper front joint and tail of spine, stamp at top and bottom paper edges, bookplate on inside of front cover and pocket at rear. Binding and interior in very good condition.
"In this volume of South Arabian archaeology, more than three hundred inscriptions from the walls, memorial stones, and other monuments of the large ruined temple complex now called Mahram Bilqis, at Marib, Yemen, have been transliterated and translated."
Ex-library copy, with reference sticker at upper front joint and tail of spine, stamp at top and bottom paper edges, bookplate on inside of front cover and pocket at rear. Binding and interior in very good condition.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Title
- Sabaean Inscriptions from Mahram Bilqîs (Mârib) [Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, Volume III]
- Author
- Jamme, Albert (Text by); Wendell Phillips (Foreword by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Archaeology in Yemen, Early man in Arabia, Mahram Bilqis, Marib,
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