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Ja 1816 Van Lessen 22; Shirjān 21
Doe 1971: 175, fig. 24
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| Ja 1816-Ja 1819 are connected to each other. ʾltbʿ ʾls²r is the author of Ja 1816, Ja 1818, Ja 1819 and is quoted in Ja 1817, 5. Without readable photos the period is hypothetical. |
TEXT
1 ʾltbʿ ʾls²r bn Mrṯdʾln ʾs²wʿ
2 bny Hṣbḥ w-Yqʾmwt
| 1 | ʾls²r: H. von Wissmann reads ʾgs²r. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 14, w. 132 (l. 1); h. 15, w. 101 (l. 2); h. monograms 36-37 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ghunaymiyya |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Shirjān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 82 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |
| Doe 1971: fig. 24 | Doe, D. Brian 1971. Southern Arabia. London: Thames and Hudson. |
| Wissmann 1968: 79, 87, fig. 10 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. |