M 331 RES 3355 b
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: pls LXXIII/13 (photo), XCVII/13 (facsimile)
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ... ʾl](yfʿ)( )(Ys²r) mlk Mʿn w-r[ṯd ... ...]
2 [... ... ḏ-S²](m)s¹y (ḏ)-(k)brh (Z)yd ḏ-ʿzwy q[dmn kbrh-s¹]
| 1 | w-rn[... ... (Jaussen and Savignac). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 33, w. 80 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿUlā |
| Ancient site | Ddn |
| Geographical area | Ḥijāz |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The text mentions the Minaean king ʾlyfʿ Ys²r.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, David H. 1889: pl. II/XXII (left part of the photo) | Müller, David H. 1889. Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Arabien. (Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Denkschriften, 37/2). Vienna: In Commission bei F. Tempsky. |
| Mordtmann 1897: 46, fig. B (facsimile) | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber. |
| Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 263-264, pls LXXIII, XCVII/13 (facsimile) | Jaussen, Antonin J. and Savignac, M. Raphael 1914. Mission archéologique en Arabie. II. El-ʿEla, d'Hégra à Teima, Harrah de Tebouk. (Publications de la Société française des fouilles archéologiques, 2). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |