Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
1 | The third letter looks like h; as the word ʿs¹h has no sense, Robin proposes the reading of an alif written upside down. |
English | |
1 Hs²mr 2 S¹hmn 3 incised. |
Support type | Artefact » Altar |
Shape | Squared |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 69, w. 94, th. 42 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Khadara |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Notes | Placed in the entrance of the al-Ḫadara mosque. |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Madīnat al-Ziyal |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Jabal ʿIyāl Yazīd |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Robin 1982 a: ii, 74-75, pls 44-45 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |