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YM 12925
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 95, cat. 62
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 |
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 nṣb ʿlyn bn ʾs¹(lm)
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 12925 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief (nṣb) |
| Subject | Human figure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 32, w. 25, th. 10 |
| 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: 95, cat. 62 | 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] |