A Macedonian King in Arabia. Seleukos IV in Two Old South Arabian Inscriptions

A corrected synchronism and its consequences

Authors

  • Søren Lund Sørensen
  • Klaus Geus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25365/tyche-2020-35-14

Keywords:

Old South Arabian, epigraphy, palaeography, Seleucid history, Gerrha, Saba

Abstract

In this miscellany we argue for lowering the date of Ry 547 and A-20-216, two inscriptions referring to a king Seleukos, to the early second century BC. This not only has consequences for the immediate context of the inscriptions but also for the synchronisms serving as linchpins for the chronology of the Old South Arabian script.

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Published

2022-04-25

Issue

Vol. 35 (2020)

Section

Articles

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