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Ja 468


By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3

GENERAL NOTES

On the basis of the typology of the representation and of the palaeography, the editors suggest an early dating of the stela (period A). This kind of artefact is traditionally considered Minaean.

TEXT

marker


   1  (Lb)[.]

Apparatus
1The reading is very uncertain. Jamme reads (Lbʿm).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 12998/16010
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 17.5, w. 14.3, th. 4.3
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
NotesThe stelae with eyes are considered to come from the Jawf.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1956 a: 81-83, pl. X/468Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.
D'Amore, Jung and Messineo 2010: 60, fig. 28 (left)D'Amore, Paola, Jung, Michael and Messineo, Gaetano 2010. Yemen. Il paese della regina di Saba (VIII sec. a.C.-VII sec. d.C.). Pages 57-72 in Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Vicino e Medio Oriente antico. (Collana Guide Brevi del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale "Giuseppe Tucci"). Roma: Artemide.
Antonini 2012: 249, cat. 86Antonini, Sabina 2012. Catalogo. Immagini funerarie. Pages 239-250 in Sabina Antonini, Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Il trono della regina di Saba. Cultura e diplomazia fra Italia e Yemen. La Collezione Sudarabica del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale. Rome: Artemide.