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Y.85.AQ/22 Eryani 45
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]ʿ bʿ[... ...]
| 1 | As Garbini points out, the first character is probably the last letter of a proper name, followed by the preposition bʿm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shiʿb al-ʿAql |
| Ancient site | Dnm (?) / ʾrydy (?) |
| Geographical area | Wādī Yalā |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1988: 32-33 | Garbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO. |