claim · claim_traditional_osa_high_chronology_not_preferred
Traditional high chronologies and later king lists do not provide sufficient evidence to project mature Sabaean, Minaean, Qatabanian or Hadramite polities into the poorly docume…
Traditional high chronologies and later king lists do not provide sufficient evidence to project mature Sabaean, Minaean, Qatabanian or Hadramite polities into the poorly documented second millennium BCE.
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Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · provides primary evidence
The City-States of the Jawf at the Dawn of Ancient South Arabian History (8th–6th Centuries BCE), II: Corpus of the Inscriptions — Irene Rossi (2022)Shows the date and nature of the surviving early corpus.
Locator: Corpus introduction - supports · provides archaeological observation
Shabwah, Ancient Capital of Hadramawt — French Ministry of Culture (2025)Provides a site-level example of why later political identity cannot be back-projected.
Locator: Second-millennium settlement and later fortified capital
Contradicting sources
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Other source context
- informs · critiques interpretation
The City-States of the Jawf at the Dawn of Ancient South Arabian History (8th–6th Centuries BCE), I: From Cities to Kingdoms — Mounir Arbach (2022)Limits the secure historical horizon.
Locator: Introduction and eighth-century historical reconstruction
Referenced records
- Shabwah · entity
- Earliest substantial Old South Arabian inscription horizon in the Jawf · event
- Date assertion for evt_jawf_earliest_osa_inscriptions · date assertion