Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 14 | ||
Chronology |
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Garbini considers Y.85.Y/4 and Y.85.Y/5 two different inscriptions. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 22 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Yalā |
Ancient site | Ḥfry |
Geographical area | wādī Yalā |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed |
Notes | The two fragments have been reused in the front wall of Hajar Yalā. |
Link to site record |
Garbini 1988: 40, pl. 55/a-b | Garbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO. |
Jamme 1989: 26-27 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202034#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |