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Y.85.Y/4+Y.85.Y/5 Ja 3207
Garbini 1988: pl. 55/a-b
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 14 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]br Ḍrʿm ↯(m)wd Ydʿʾl [... ...]
| Garbini considers Y.85.Y/4 and Y.85.Y/5 two different inscriptions. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 22 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Yalā |
| Ancient site | Ḥfry |
| Geographical area | wādī Yalā |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed |
| Notes | The two fragments have been reused in the front wall of Hajar Yalā. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1988: 40, pl. 55/a-b | 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. |
| Jamme 1989: 26-27 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250298. [Privately printed] |