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YM 23250


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 20

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

The slight relief of the text and the boustrophedon cursus are very rare in the Minaic corpus. They are found in some Ancient Sabaic texts from the Jawf.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ʿ]ṯ—
   2  tr Ns²qm w-b Yqh(ml)[k ... ...]
   3  [... ... ](Lb)ʾn w-b Ns²n

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 23250
Support typeArtefact » Throne
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 56, w. 59, th. 8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Audouin 2007: 20, cat. 10Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic]
Arbach and Rossi 2011: fig. 10Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2011. Réflexions sur l'histoire de la cité-État de Nashshân (fin du IXe - fin du VIIe s. av. J.-C.). Egitto e vicino Oriente, 34: 149-176.
Rossi 2022: 175-176, 468, fig. 26Rossi, 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.