Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | about 4.7 |
Chronology difficult to be established. It could be of B period but also of later times if the style is archaizing. |
1 | The signs before the first name could be a false start of the engraver or a later add. |
2 | Q[ could also be the beginning of a patronymic. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-172 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 17, w. 35, th. 7 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
Ancient site | Ns²qm |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Sholan 2005 a: 7-23, pl. 2/2 | Sholan, Amida 2005. Nuqūš Sabaʾiyya ǧadīda. Dirāsa taḥlīliyya fī dalālāti-hā al-luġawiyya wa-l-taʾrīkhiyya. Ages. A semi-annual journal of Historical, Archaeological and Civilizational Studies, 15/2: 7-23. |