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Ja 2216
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 appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 0.15 |
TEXT
1 H
| A single South Arabian letter h is engraved behind the camel-rider, which may be the initial of the rider or that of the seal engraver |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 120343=1881,1206.5 |
| Support type | Artefact » Seal » Stamp seal |
| Material | Semiprecious stone |
| Dimensions | h. 0.43, l. 1.97, w. 1.63; wt. 2 g |
| 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: 53, pl. 3 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |
| Pickworth Wong 1999: 217, no. 31 | Pickworth Wong, Diana 1999. Stamp seals of the ancient Yemen. (PhD, University of California, Berkeley). |