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Ja 2205
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
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
1 Ḥrgb
2 ʿgby
3 Tnʿ—
4 ytn
| Jamme considered the inscription to be a fake copied from a hypothetical original text; a combination of Ja 229 and ‘the Timnaʿite’. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 113202=1915,0109.4 |
| Support type | Artefact » Seal » Stamp seal |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 1.2, l. 2.47, w. 1.65; wt. 18g |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 52, pl. 2 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |