Ja 2201
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 0.95 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 rṯb
2 nwy
3 n(b)
| The ṯ is large and positioned over the w in centre, the b is uncertain, the nb is possibly a monogram. Jamme states the inscription is fake. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 104400=1911,0513.6 |
| Support type | Artefact » Seal » Ring seal |
| Material | Bronze |
| Measures | h. 1.73, l. 2.64, w. 1.46, h. 1.3 (aperture), w. 1.83 (aperture); wt. 9g |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 51 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| Pickworth Wong 1999: 515, no. 307 | Pickworth Wong, Diana 1999. Stamp seals of the ancient Yemen. (PhD, University of California, Berkeley). |