Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 2 |
The text has a rough palaeography; however the shape of the letter r recalls the style of the C period. This date is suggested also by the decorative motifs. |
Letter n reversed. |
English | |
1 Funerary monument of Rbʿt, M- 2 ʾnʿtn; and may ʿṯtr S²rqn 3 overthrow whoever will 4 damage it. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-261 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela (nfs¹) |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 30, w. 35, th. 12 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context |
Link to site record |
Sholan 2007: 277-286, photo | Sholan, Amida 2007. Naqāšn sabaʾiyyan ǧadīdān min nuquš šūahad al-qabūr. Maǧalla ǧāmiʿa Ṣanʿāʾ li-l-ʿulūm al iǧtmāʿiyya wa-l-ʾinsāniyya, 2: 277-287. |