M 352 RES 3604; Ja 2228
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]f(ʾ)[...]tr (b)[... ...]s¹m ymt [... ...]
2 [... ...]bʿ k-S²(ḥ)r((s²(h)r)) ḏ-[...](b kbr)h ḏ-ʿqb (kb)[... ...]
3 [... ...]bʾl ḏ-ʿmmm w-ʾs¹lm bn S¹ʿd ḏ-Ḥqb bn[... ...]
4 [... ... ]Ddn
| Jamme considers the inscription complete and does not restore the lacunae at the beginning and at the end of the lines. He also reads a name on the right low corner of the stone: Yḥmʾl (Jamme 2228b). | |
| 1 | [... ...]ḥfʾ[...]tr b[....](z )s¹m ymt [... ...] (RES and Garbini); [N]ḥfʾl[ s¹]tr ḏ-[ʾs²b t]ḥs¹m ymt s¹ḥrg (Jamme). |
| 2 | beginning: (t)bʿ (Jamme). The reading on the copies is S²ḥr, but we cannot exclude s²hr "month" followed by the name of the month (cf. M 356, l.10). ḏ[...]t ḏ-bkrh (Jaussen and Savignac); ḏ[.]t[...]bkrh (RES and Garbini); ḏ-ʿqb kbrh (Jamme). |
| 2-3 | k-Krbʾl (Jamme). |
| 3 | end: b-kl (Jaussen and Savignac). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 22, w. 47 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ |
| Ancient site | Ḥgrʾ |
| Geographical area | Northwest Arabia |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jaussen and Savignac 1909: 259-260, fig. 106 (facsimile), pl. X/4 | Jaussen, Antonin J. and Savignac, M. Raphael 1909. Mission archéologique en Arabie. (Mars-mai 1907). De Jérusalem au Hedjaz Médâin-Saleḥ. (Publications de la Société française des fouilles archéologiques, [1]). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
| Jamme 1974 b: 13-14, pl. I | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1974. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington. 2019/07/22; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A205580#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |