Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
Writing technique | Relief | ||||
Measure of letters | 5 | ||||
Chronology |
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Royal inscription | Yes |
The date of the text is supposed by other inscriptions of the king. |
Integrations by Müller based on CIH 537+RES 4919. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 35, w. 46, th. 5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ẓafār |
Ancient site | Ẓfr |
Geographical area | Ẓafār |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | From the southern part of the area of Ẓafār/al-ʿAṣabī. |
Link to site record |
Müller, Walter W. 2013: 169-170, fig. 10.15.1 | Müller, Walter W. Three Late Sabaic inscriptions with royal names from Ẓafār. Pages 167-186 in Paul Yule (ed.). Late antique Arabia, Ẓafār capital of Ḥimyar. Rehabilitation of a 'decadent' society. Excavations of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1998-2010 in the highland of the Yemen. (Abhandlungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, 29). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |