CC BY 4.0
The above license applies to the data in this record, but not to any images displayed. The images are the property
of third parties and are either used with permission or reproduced from publications (see the credits below each image).
as-Sawdāʾ 61
Avanzini 1995: pl.40/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 | 11 | ||
| Chronology |
|
GENERAL NOTES
| The text could be in Sabaic, but the onomastic formula (l.1) is more frequent in Minaic (Avanzini). |
TEXT
1 [... ...](n)( ḏ)-(Ḫḍ)ln ʾb ʿhrn w-[... ...]
2 [..]b(ʿ) [... ...](ʾt)b(n)[... ...]
| 1 | Avanzini: Ḫbln. However, we suggest the reading of the lineage name Ḫḍln, which is confirmed by a close inspection of the photograph. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 26, w. 74 |
| 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 north side of the ancient site. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1995: 186-187, pl. 40/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] |