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CIH 806 RES 3419
CIH: pl. XLIX
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 |
TEXT
1 bʾd
| 1 | Modtmann 1893 suggests that the seal bear the sentence [W]d-ʾb, and therefore the inscription be read backwards. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), Berlin 31 |
| Support type | Artefact » Seal » Stamp seal |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 0.9 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann 1893: 52, 77, 80, n. 31, (facsimile) | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann. |
| CIH: iii, 186, pl. XLIX | 1889-1930. Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaeas Continens. CIS, Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum ab Academia Inscriptionum et Litterarum Humaniorum conditum atque digestum. (3 vols), Paris: Imprimerie nationale. [Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.] |