Seal Munich

Text Information

Siglum
Seal Munich
Alternative Sigla
Bron 1988: 440, Bron 1977: 237, Brandt 1968: 35, no. 118
Transliteration
ybḥʾl
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Translation
Ybḥʾl
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Language and Script
Dispersed Oasis North Arabian

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
DISCUSSION Brandt 1968: 35.
Commentary
Agate scaraboid, 24 x 19 x 12 mm. The seal was commissioned in the eighth–seventh centuries (or perhaps as early as the ninth) (Sass 1991: 59–60).

Editio Princeps
Bron 1977: 237

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • Brandt, E. Antike Gemmen in deutschen Sammlungen. 2 Bde. Band I: Staatliche Münzsammlung München, Teil 1: Griechische Gemmen von minoischer Zeit bis zum späten Hellenismus. Munich: Prestel, 1968.
  • Bron, F. Nouvelles inscriptions proto-arabes. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 37 [N.S. 27], 1977: 237-240.
  • Bron, F. Sceaux à inscription proto-arabe. II.8 (p.440-441, fig. 5) in P. Bordreuil and E. Gubel (eds.), Bulletin d'antiquités archéologiques du Levant inédites ou méconnues. Syria 65, 1988: 437-445.
  • [Sass] Sass, B. Studia Alphabetica. On the Origin and Early History of the Northwest Semitic, South Semitic and Greek Alphabets. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 102). Freiburg Schweiz: Universitätsverlag / Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 1991.
Site
Jordan
Current Location
Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich, A. 1351 (Sass 1991: 59)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0038300
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA