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CIH 720 RES 854
Simpson 2002: 201, cat. 285
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2.4 |
GENERAL NOTES
| Language is hypothetical. |
TEXT
1 ṣwr w-nfs¹ Hʿn |((Hʿn(n)))
2 bn Ḏzʾd |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 102601=1908,0414.2 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with scene (ṣwr w-nfs¹) |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 26, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Simpson 2002: 201, cat. 285 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |