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as-Sawdāʾ 60
Avanzini 1995: pl.40/a
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 | 7.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 bʿl[... ... ]
2 ʾn(ʾ)[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Offering table » Undefined |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 20, w. 40 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The stone was found by the MAFRAY on the ancient site. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1995: 186, pl. 40/a | 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] |
| Rossi 2022: 179 | 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. |