CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Garbini-Francaviglia 2


Garbini and Francaviglia 1997: 240, 245, figs 1, 7

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of lettersabout 10
Chronology
PeriodA
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT


   1  Mlkwqh Ryd bn ʿmʿly

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Throne
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 124, w. 63, th. 50
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini and Francaviglia 1997: 239-252, figs 2, 3, 7Garbini, Giovanni and Francaviglia, Vincenzo M. 1997. I troni dei re di Nashan. Rendiconti Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche 9, 8: 239-252.
Arbach and Rossi 2011: fig. 5Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2011. Réflexions sur l'histoire de la cité-État de Nashshân (fin du IXe - fin du VIIe s. av. J.-C.). Egitto e vicino Oriente, 34: 149-176.
Rossi 2022: 162, 464, fig. 18Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.