al-Jawf 04.19 B
Right half of the front face: inscription al-Jawf 04.19A; left half: al-Jawf 04.19B.
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 8/20 (left side)
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 8/20 (left side)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Period C or D. Arbach and Schiettecatte date the text to the 2nd century AD. |
TEXT
1 (ḏ)t mwṯ(b)[... ...]—
2 [... ...] ʾmlk S¹b(ʾ)[ ... ...]—
3 mw ytḫḏn k(l)[... ...]
4 ʾns¹m l-mwy y[... ...]
5 ḏ-S¹bʾ w-ḏ-ʾl [... ...]—
6 ḥm w-ḫṭṭm w-[... ...]
7 b-ʿly hwt mʾ[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 28.5, w. 43, th. 12 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 35-36, pl. 8/20 (left side) | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic] |