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 |
Period C or D. Arbach and Schiettecatte date the text to the 2nd century AD. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 28.5, w. 43, th. 12 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
Ancient site | Ns²n |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
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] |