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al-Jawf 04.10
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 5/11
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| According to the editors, the lines of the text continued on a different stone. However, as there is empty space at the end of the lines, we cannot exclude that the the lacunae have to be placed at the beginning. |
TEXT
1 ʿmkrb w-bn-s¹ Gdn [... ...]
2 ʾws¹ʾl ʾhl S¹qm s³l[ʾ ... ...]
3 ʾhl Ḥṭṭ mbny mḥ[fdn ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 13, w. 33, th. 8.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jawf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription probably comes from Baraqish. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 23, pl. 5/11 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic] |