CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Garbini and Francaviglia 1997: 240, 245, figs 1, 6

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters12.5, 9.7
Chronology
PeriodA
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT


   1  Lbʾn Ydʿ bn Ydʿʾb

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Throne
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 124, w. 63, th. 50
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini and Francaviglia 1997: 239-252, fig. 4, 5, 6Garbini, Giovanni and Francaviglia, Vincenzo M. 1997. I troni dei re di Nashan. Rendiconti Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche 9, 8: 239-252.
Rossi 2022: 164-165, 465, fig. 20Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.