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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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al-Jawf 04.33


Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 11/34

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6.2
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Ybḥrʾl b↯n Bs¹l ḏ-
   2  Ḥḏʾr s³lʾ ↯Nkrḥ |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ybḥrʾl son of Bs¹l ḏ-
   2  Ḥḏʾr dedicated to Nkrḥ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 16, w. 35.5, th. 8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādī al-Jawf)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jawf
CountryYemen
NotesThe epigraph probably comes from Maʿīn or Baraqish.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 44-45, pl. 11/34Arbach, 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]
Rossi 2022: 318-319Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.