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YM 10192
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 93, cat. 60
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 3.5 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription belongs to period C or D. On the basis of the provenance from the Jawf, the language is probably Sabaic. |
TEXT
1 nfs¹ w-byt S¹ʿd bn S²—
2 hrm ʾmryn |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 10192 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief (nfs¹ w-byt) |
| Subject | Human figure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 47, w. 21, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jawf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 93, cat. 60 | Arbach, 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] |