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Inscription near Haidi, Socotra, copied by Theodore Bent: drawing

PhotographPublic domainCopied 1897; published 1900Copy of Inscription near Haidi, Socotra, copied by Theodore Bent
Inscription near Haidi, Socotra, copied by Theodore Bent: drawing
Inscription near Haidi, Socotra, copied by Theodore Bent: drawing

"Letters distinguishable of an almost obliterated inscription near Haidi village, near Kalenzia, Sokotra", appendix IV of Southern Arabia (1900), as scanned for Project Gutenberg. Bent took it for late Himyaritic or Ethiopic.

J. Theodore Bent, 1897. Public domain

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DrawingJ. Theodore Bent · gutenberg.org · 1897 · Public domain (published 1900; author died 1897)Primary source: Southern Arabia2 steps from the original

Where it was made

Al MukallaBoosaaso1Haidi200 kmAl MukallaBoosaaso1200 km
Haidi, near Qalansiyah, Socotra · Inscription site (approximate)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Inscription near Haidi, Socotra, copied by Theodore Bent: drawing [Copy CPY0D7QBTNP68FY]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0D7QBTNP68FY
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