Support type | Stone inscription | ||||||
Material | Stone | ||||||
Measures | h. 26.5, w. 162 | ||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Well cut rectangular stone polished in the central part, where the inscription is carved. On right and left sides are two symmetrical rectangles with rough surfaces. The epigraph is framed with two stylized snakes. |
Modern site | al-ʿĀdī |
Ancient site | Brn |
Geographical area | Nihm |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Modern site | al-Nashshāf |
Ancient site | unknown |
Geographical area | Barrān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | : In 1978 this stone was at al-Nashshāf, district in the plain of Barrān, waiting for reemployment in modern building. |
Link to site record |
Title | Nihm/Barrān 3 |
Concordance | MAFRAY-al-Nashshāf 1 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Link to epigraph record |
Frantsouzoff 2016: 97-100, pl. 22 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |