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as-Sawdāʾ 44 SW-BA/I/21 b
Avanzini 1995: pl.30/b
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Monogram | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 24 (monogram) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Lbʾn
| 1 | the name is written as a monogram on a side of the block, in the shape of the one accompanying Garbini-Francaviglia 1, as-Sawdāʾ 43 and SW-BA/I/17, i.e. with separated l and n. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Seat |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 59, w. 72.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Rṣf |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1995: 162, pl. 30/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] |
| Avanzini 2011: 54 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2011. Les inscriptions. (Chapitre 4). Pages 43-55 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Le sanctuaire de ʿAthtar dhû-Riṣâf d'as-Sawdâʾ. (Arabia Antica, 7). Rome: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |
| Rossi 2022: 165-166 | Rossi, 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. |