Ja 2199
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 0.52 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 Yrm
| Yrm is a name of a Ḥimyarite city, but it could also be a name of individual. | |
| Yrms¹n (Jamme). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 103030=1909,0612.11 |
| Support type | Artefact » Seal » Ring seal |
| Material | Bronze |
| Measures | h. 1.46, l. 1.84, w. 1.29; wt. 11.5g |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 51, pl. 2 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| Pickworth Wong 1999: 302, no. 112 | Pickworth Wong, Diana 1999. Stamp seals of the ancient Yemen. (PhD, University of California, Berkeley). |