Christie's 530
Christie's 2001: 73, n° 530
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| The dating is proposed by Bron on the basis of a comparison with a cylinder seal dated by Sass in the 7th cent. BC (Sass 1991: 51-53, fig. 30). |
TEXT
1 (H)dy(n)
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown, Surena collection (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Seal » Stamp seal |
| Material | Semiprecious stone |
| Measures | h. 3.4, w. 1.6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Sass 1991 | Sass, Benjamin 1991. Studia alphabetica: on the origin and early history of the Northwest Semitic, South Semitic and Greek alphabets. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 102). Fribour; Göttingen: Universitätsverlag; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. |
| Christie's 2001: 73, cat. 530 | 2001. The Surena Collection of Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals. Catalog of an auction held June 11, 2001 at Christie's New York. New York: Christie's. |
| Bron 2001 b: 147 | Bron, François 2001 [2003]. Sceau à inscription sudarabique. Semitica, 51: 147. |