Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
Very uncertain dating, the form of s² seems more archaic than the letters m and ḏ. |
English | |
1 S²ʿrm of the family Ġrbm 2 dedicated to ʿm. |
Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
Shape | Squared |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Jadīda |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Link to site record |
Grohmann 1914: 39, fig. 93, facsimile | Grohmann, Adolf 1914. Göttersymbole und Symboltiere auf Südarabischen Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 58/1). Vienna: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder. |
Hayajneh 2004 a: 127, figs 15-16 | Hayajneh, Hani 2004. Eine Sammlung von fragmentarischen altsüdarabischen Inschriften aus dem Jemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 15/1: 120-148. |