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as-Sawdāʾ 19
Avanzini 1995: pl.16/b
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 | 12 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The writing style of this text seems to be rather archaic and ḏ-Qbḍ is well attested already in the Madhabaean phase of Nashshān. Therefore this text could be dated back to the end of the Madhabaean period or the beginning of the Minaean period. |
TEXT
1 [... ...](m) w-ḏbḥ ḏ-Qbḍm /3/
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 19, w. 75 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1995: 106-107, pl. 16/b | Avanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |