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Mon.script.sab. 102
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Minuscule writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Abecedary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text contains parts of two separate exercises. Lines 1-3 show the end and lines 4-7 the beginning of the ASA alphabet. Lines 1 and 4 are the master lines, repeated several times in a slightly different ductus. The palaeographic style is very archaic. |
TEXT
1 [... ...] ṭ z ḏ y ṯ ẓ
2 [... ...] (ṭ z ḏ) y ṯ ẓ
3 [... ...]
4 | h l ḥ m q w s² r b t s¹ k n (ḫ) [... ...]
5 | h l ḥ m q w s² r b t s¹ k n ḫ [... ...]
6 | h l ḥ m q w s² r b t s¹ k n (ḫ) [... ...]
7 [|] h l ḥ m q w s² r b t s¹ k n (ḫ) [... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stick |
| Material | Wood |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Stein 2006 b: 186-187, fig. 8 | Stein, Peter 2006. The Ancient South Arabian minuscule inscriptions on wood. A new genre of pre-Islamic epigraphy. Jaarbericht van het vooraziatisch-egyptisch Genootschap "Ex Oriente Lux", 39: 181-199. |