date assertion · date_jawf_osa_traditional_high_chronology
Date assertion for evt_jawf_earliest_osa_inscriptions
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: not preferred. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Evidence and sources
- 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)Shows why the traditional high chronology is not preferred.
Locator: Introduction and eighth-century city-state chronology - informs · critiques interpretation
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)Provides the current epigraphic basis.
Locator: Corpus introduction and earliest securely dated texts