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as-Sawdāʾ 92
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 1/3
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Architectural element » Architectural decoration | ||||||||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 85, w. 156, th. 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Fragment of slab, probably used as architectural element, with false window motif made from three recessed panels. On the external one a two-line inscription is engraved; on the middle one two-headed (?) snake is represented with wavy body in horizontal position, delimited by the letter B (probably a king's symbol) and by the monogram of the king of Nashshān S¹mhyfʿ Ys¹rn. The internal panel is plain. On the back, presence of two mortises to fix the object (Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 17). |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Wd |
| Notes | According to the integrations by Robin and Arbach 2004, this text comes from the temple of Wd ḏ-Nṣb. |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | as-Sawdāʾ 92 |
| Concordance | al-Jawf 04.3 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic] |
| Robin and Arbach 2004 | see Arbach, Audouin and Robin 2004 |