Müller 2
Müller, Walter W. 1978 c: pl. X/26
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.1-2.3 | ||
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TEXT
1 nfs¹ w-nṣb Rʿ—
2 ṯm bnt Hnʾt
3 ḏʾt ʾhl-Mlkn
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with scene (nfs¹ w-nṣb) |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 18, w. 13.3 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ukhdūd |
| Ancient site | Ẓrbn / Ngrn |
| Geographical area | Najrān |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Notes | The stela was said to come from Najrān. However, Robin and Prioletta put forward the doubt that it might originate from Qaryat al-Faʾw, on the basis of the name of the clan Mlkn and the pronoun ḏʾt. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 1978 c: 152-156, pl. X/26 | Müller, Walter W. 1978. Ein Grabmonument aus Naǧrān als Zeugnis für das Frühnordarabische. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 3: 149-157. |
| Robin and Prioletta 2013: 156 | Robin, Christian J. and Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Nouveaux arguments en faveur d'une identification de la cité de Gerrha avec le royaume de Hagar (Arabie orientale). Semitica et Classica, 6: 131-185. |