Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5 | ||
Chronology |
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The chronology of this text is hypothetical, due to the bad state of preservation of the object. However, it seems palaeographically quite ancient. |
1-2 | ʿs¹y Rbṣdq. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 19608 |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Lintel |
Material | Wood |
Measures | h. 34, w. 86, th. 9 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
Ancient site | Ns²n |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | The place of origin is hypothetical and is suggested on the basis of the attestation of the royal name Ys²hrmlk in the text Moussaïeff 22. |
Link to site record |
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 96, cat. 63 | Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |
Arbach and Rossi 2011: 176, fig. 18 | Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2011. Réflexions sur l'histoire de la cité-État de Nashshân (fin du IXe - fin du VIIe s. av. J.-C.). Egitto e vicino Oriente, 34: 149-176. |
Rossi 2022: 388-389, 496, fig. 77 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |