Rossi 2025, fig. 2

Irene Rossi, The British Museum

Related article: Rossi I. 2025, Building an ecosystem of digital resources on the written heritage of Ancient Arabia, in A. Caravale, P. Moscati, I. Rossi (eds.), The H2IOSC Project and its impact on digital antiquity within the E-RIHS infrastructure – III, «Archeologia e Calcolatori», 36.1, 469-480 (https://doi.org/10.19282/ac.36.1.2025.26)

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Examples of Ancient South Arabian inscriptions’ text appearances obtained by different execution techniques: a) cast bronze openwork stamp seal (BM 1993,0126.1); b) agate stamp seal with engraved inscription and its relief impression (BM 120361); c) cast bronze hand with engraved inscription (BM 139443); d) bronze altar with cast inscription in relief (BM 135323); e) stone inscription with engraved texts – one of which results in relief (BM125130) (photos © The Trustees of the British Museum)

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a) https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/515202001; b) https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/528346001; c) https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1613995194; d) https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/30811001; e) https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/534672001

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