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as-Sawdāʾ TA 1B 2a


Audouin and Arbach 2004: 1291, fig. 4; Arbach and Audouin 2004: 25, fig. 9; Robin and Arbach 2004: 209, fig. 26

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription runs specular to as-Sawdāʾ TA 1B 2b, in the same panel.

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾrnydʿ
   2  Yṯʿn

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾrnydʿ
NotesIntra muros temple.
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CULTURAL NOTES

This is the unique attestation of the epithet Yṯʿn for the main god of Nashshān.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Audouin and Arbach 2004: figs 3, 4Audouin, Rémy and Arbach, Mounir 2004. La découverte du temple d'Aranyadaʾ à Nashshān. Rapport préliminaire d'une opération de sauvetage franco-yéménite. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 1278-1304.
Arbach and Audouin 2004: 24-25, fig. 9Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2004. Nouvelles découvertes archéologiques dans le Jawf (République du Yémen). Opération de sauvetage franco-yéménite du site d'as-Sawdâʾ (l'antique Nashshân). Temple intra-muros I. Rapport préliminaire. [Ṣanʿāʾ]: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ.
Robin and Arbach 2004: 30, figs 25, 26
see Arbach, Audouin and Robin 2004
Arbach 2022: 63, fig. 12, 65, fig. 14Arbach, Mounir 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). I. From cities to kingdoms. (Arabia Antica, 17/1). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. 2025/12/29; https://doi.org/10.48255/9788891322920.
Rossi 2022: 159Rossi, 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.