CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 134, cat. 112

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueCasting
Chronology
PeriodD
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

According to the editors, the monogram is to be referred to Ḏmrʿly Yhbr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān, who reigned in the mid-2nd century AD.

TEXT

marker


   1  Ḏmrʿly Yhbr

Apparatus
The text is a monogram.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 28632
Support typeArtefact » Seal
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 5, w. 3
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteUnknown (wādī al-Jawf)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jawf
CountryYemen
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Audouin 2007: 134, cat. 112Arbach, 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]