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BM 48312
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 0.41 |
TEXT
1 ḏ(ṣ)y
2 wṭd
| 1 | The reading of the second letter is not sure. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM E48312=1872,0722.2 |
| Support type | Artefact » Seal » Stamp seal |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 0.96, l. 1.1, w. 1.1; wt. 5.5g |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pickworth Wong 1999: 482, no. 274 | Pickworth Wong, Diana 1999. Stamp seals of the ancient Yemen. (PhD, University of California, Berkeley). |