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YM 11741
Ryckmans, Jacques, Müller, Walter W. and ʿAbdallāh 1994: 74-75, pl. 1/A-B
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Minuscule writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Abecedary |
TEXT
1 (h l ḥ) m q w s² r b t s¹ k n
2 ḫ ṣ s³ f ʾ ʿ ḍ g d ġ
3 h h l
| 3 | the scribe probably tried to rewrite the first three letters of line 1 but then he stopped after a false start. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 11741 |
| Support type | Stick |
| Material | Wood |
| Dimensions | h. 2, l. 9.3, th. 1 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Jacques, Müller, Walter W. and ʿAbdallāh 1994: 43-44, pl. 1/A-B | Ryckmans, Jacques, Müller, Walter W. and ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1994. Textes du Yémen antique inscrits sur bois (with an English Summary). (Publications de l'Institut orientaliste de Louvain, 43). Louvain: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste. |