Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa (surroundings) |
Ancient site | Yhrq (?) |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
Notes | The inscription is on the wall of a tower on the edge of the wādī al-Maqfiz. |
Link to site record |
Gnoli 1993: 95, pl. 16 | Gnoli, Gherardo 1993. Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa. Con diciotto tavole fuori testo. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |