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RES 3928 Ry 23
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 ʾmr ʾs¹n
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 117813=1925,0724.4 |
| Support type | Artefact » Personal adornment » Pendant |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | l. 3.7, w. 0.7, th. 0.2, wt. 3 g |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Bayḥān) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The BM's card gives as provenance: Bihan ed-Daula |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 186-187 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200. |
| Jamme 1971 b: 39, 42 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |
| Simpson 2004: cat 239 | Simpson, St John 2004. Queen of Sheba: legend and reality. Trasures from the British Museum. Exhibition organized by the British Museum, London.. Santa Ana, CA: The Bowers Museum of cultural art. |