Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Script cursus | Boustrophedon |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 1.1 |
2 | The name is probably feminine. |
English | |
1 Protection of the 2 oracle upon Bʿlt. |
Support type | Artefact » Personal adornment » Pendant |
Material | Gold |
Measures | h. 2.5, w. 2.75, th. 0.05, d. 0.3 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ṣanʿāʾ |
Ancient site | Ṣnʿw |
Geographical area | Sanʿāʾ |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
Notes | The pendant was recovered in the Šaʿūb cemetery inside the child grave Sha 12. |
Link to site record |
Nebes 2002 b: 227-231, fig. 1 | Nebes, Norbert 2002. Ein beschrifteter Goldanhänger aus dem Friedhof von Šaʿūb. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 9: 227-231. |
Vogt and Gerlach 2002: 201, 203, pl. 16/1.2 | Vogt, Burkhard and Gerlach, Iris 2002. Bericht über die Notgrabungen im Friedhof von Shaʿūb (Sanaʿa). Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 9: 185-204. |