Seal in the Musée du Louvre

Siglum
Seal in the Musée du Louvre
Alternative Sigla
Bron 1977: 238, Delaporte and Thureau-Dangin 1923: 208, no. A. 1148
Transliteration
yfʿm
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Translation
Yfʿm
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Language and Script
Dispersed Oasis North Arabian

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
DISCUSSION Delaporte & Thureau-Dangin 1923: 208.
Commentary
Agate scaraboid, 18 x 16 x 12 mm (Sass 1991: 61). Sass 61: "Collated from a Louvre photograph of the impression".

Editio Princeps
Bron 1977: 238

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • Bron, F. Nouvelles inscriptions proto-arabes. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 37 [N.S. 27], 1977: 237-240.
  • Delaporte, L. & Thureau-Dangin, F. Catalogue des cylindres cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. Musée du Louvre. Paris: Hachette, 1923.
  • [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
Musée du Louvre (AO 2227)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0038301
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA