Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 8.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 23, w. 54 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | ad-Durayb |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Notes | It is not sure if the inscription originally comes from ad-Durayb (for the issue of the provenance of the texts found in the village, see the opposite opinion by Robin and Ryckmans 1980: 135 and Schiettecatte 2011: 102). |
Link to site record |
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 136, pl. 12/a | Robin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980. Les inscriptions de al-Asâḥil, ad-Durayb et Ḫirbat Saʿûd. (Mission Archéologique Française en République Arabe du Yémen: prospection des Antiquités Préislamiques, 1980). Raydān, 3: 113-182. |