CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of British Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing

TEXT


   1  Ḥrgb
   2  ʿgby
   3  Tnʿ—
   4  ytn

Apparatus
Jamme considered the inscription to be a fake copied from a hypothetical original text; a combination of Ja 229 and ‘the Timnaʿite’.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 113202=1915,0109.4
Support typeArtefact » Seal » Stamp seal
MaterialBronze
Measuresh. 1.2, l. 2.47, w. 1.65; wt. 18g
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1971 b: 52, pl. 2Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]