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Christie's 530


Christie's 2001: 73, n° 530

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA. Conjectural

GENERAL NOTES

The dating is proposed by Bron on the basis of a comparison with a cylinder seal dated by Sass in the 7th cent. BC (Sass 1991: 51-53, fig. 30).

TEXT

marker


   1  (H)dy(n)

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositUnknown, Surena collection (Private collection)
Support typeArtefact » Seal » Stamp seal
MaterialSemiprecious stone
Dimensionsh. 3.4, w. 1.6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sass 1991Sass, Benjamin 1991. Studia alphabetica: on the origin and early history of the Northwest Semitic, South Semitic and Greek alphabets. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 102). Fribour; Göttingen: Universitätsverlag; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Christie's 2001: 73, cat. 5302001. The Surena Collection of Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals. Catalog of an auction held June 11, 2001 at Christie's New York. New York: Christie's.
Bron 2001 b: 147Bron, François 2001 [2003]. Sceau à inscription sudarabique. Semitica, 51: 147.