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Gnoli 1993: pl. 13/a; Image free from copyright

Gnoli 1993: pl. 13/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

Language	Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
Alphabet	Ancient South Arabian
Script typology	Monumental writing
Writing technique	Incision
Measure of letters	5.6

TEXT

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support type	Artefact » Altar
Shape	Squared
Material	Stone
Measures	h. 7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance

Modern site	Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa
Ancient site	Yhrq (?)
Geographical area	Southern Jawf
Country	Yemen
Archaeological context	Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gnoli 1993: 87, pl. 13/a	Gnoli, Gherardo 1993. Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa. Con diciotto tavole fuori testo. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Rossi 2022: 374	Rossi, 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.