Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4 | ||
Chronology |
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The text is considered to be Minaic based on its provenance (Barāqish) and dating (2nd half of the 1st mill. BCE). |
Support type | Artefact » Architectural element » Architectural decoration |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 17, w. 20 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Barāqish |
Ancient site | Yṯl |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | The object was found out of context in the urban area of Barāqish. |
Link to site record |
Agostini 2021: 89, fig. 8 | Agostini, Alessio 2021. Materiali epigrafici fuori contesto rinvenuti durante le prime campagne di scavo di Alessandro de Maigret a Barāqish (1989-1992, 2005). Pages 75-98 in Sabina Antonini de Maigret and Alessio Agostini (eds). Missione Archeologica Italiana in Yemen Studi di materiali inediti e rivisitazioni alla memoria di Alessandro de Maigret / Italian Archaeological Mission in Yemen Essays on Unpublished and Newly Revised Materials in Memory of Alessandro de Maigret. Perugia: OL3. |