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YM 30040
Arbach, Schiettecatte and al-Hādī 2008: 40, cat. 12
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 | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| According to Arbach, Schiettecatte and al-Hādī 2008 this inscription dates back to the 6th century BC. |
TEXT
1 S¹mʿ
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 30040 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 12, th. 4 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach, Schiettecatte and al-Hādī 2008: 40, cat. 12 | Arbach, Mounir, Schiettecatte, Jérémie and al-Hādī, Ibrāhīm 2008. Collection of Funerary Stelae from the Jawf Valley. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 3. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |
| Rossi 2022: 395-396 | 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. |