Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2.1-2.3 | ||
Chronology |
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Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with scene (nfs¹ w-nṣb) |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 18, w. 13.3 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Ukhdūd |
Ancient site | Ẓrbn / Ngrn |
Geographical area | Najrān |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Notes | The stela was said to come from Najrān. However, Robin and Prioletta put forward the doubt that it might originate from Qaryat al-Faʾw, on the basis of the name of the clan Mlkn and the pronoun ḏʾt. |
Link to site record |
Müller, Walter W. 1978 c: 152-156, pl. X/26 | Müller, Walter W. 1978. Ein Grabmonument aus Naǧrān als Zeugnis für das Frühnordarabische. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 3: 149-157. |
Robin and Prioletta 2013: 156 | Robin, Christian J. and Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Nouveaux arguments en faveur d'une identification de la cité de Gerrha avec le royaume de Hagar (Arabie orientale). Semitica et Classica, 6: 131-185. |