NAM 545
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 ʿmyṯʿ Ġyln
| The script is in double stroke. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 545 |
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Box |
| Material | Bronze |
| Measures | h. 6.2, w. 11.6, th. 6.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
ʿmyṯʿ Ġyln could be a king of Awsan (cf. CIAS F 59/s 4/49.10 n. 1).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| ʿAlī ʿAqīl and Antonini 2007: 201, photo | ʿAlī ʿAqīl,ʿAzza and Antonini, Sabina 2007. Bronzi sudarabici di periodo preislamico. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 3. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |