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as-Sawdāʾ TA 1A 5b
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Left-to-right | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| The whole scene with the inscription is not visible on the photos, but it can be inferred by comparison with the corresponding scene on the pillar 1B. The inscription runs specular to as-Sawdāʾ TA 1A 5a, in the same panel. |
TEXT
1 (Hwr)
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
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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 ʾrnydʿ |
| Notes | Intra muros temple. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Arbach 2004: 31 | see Arbach, Audouin and Robin 2004 |
| Rossi 2022: 157 | 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. |