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Müller, David H. 1889: pl. I/XIII (photo); Mordtmann 1897: 37, 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 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ... ʾ]ns¹m [.... ]w-mty tṭ[... ...]
2 [... ... ]b[y]th Wd b-Ddn w-l t[... ...]
3 [... ... k]brh Bs¹l ḏ-Bwbn (q)dmn [kbrh-s¹ ... ...]
4 [... ...] ʾḫḫrh m(r)[.](ʾ)t b-ʾ(ḥ)l(y) [... ...]
5 [... ...]h[.] w-ʿlyʾl w-wld-s¹ b-(y)s¹[ ... ...]
6 [... ...w]ld-s¹w w-qny-s¹m ʿn(n) ʿlt ḏ[t ṣḥftn ... ...]
| 4 | the editors read mryʾt (a proper name?); the second letter could also be a t. |
| 5 | ʿlyʾl in the Minaic corpus is a group name (three times in the lists of the foreign women), but once it seems a proper name (as-Sawdāʾ 76, l.2) like in this case. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] a man [... ...] and when [... ...] 2 [... ...] the temple of Wd in Ddn [... ...] 3 [... ...] during the kabirate of Bs¹l ḏ-Bwbn, his first kabirate [... ...] 4 [... ...] among the properties [... ...] 5 [... ...] and ʿlyʾl and his sons and [... ...] 6 [... ...] and his sons and their properties, according to this document [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 23, w. 45 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿUlā |
| Ancient site | Ddn |
| Geographical area | Ḥijāz |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This text records the presence of a temple of Wd in Dedan.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, David H. 1889: pl. I/XIII | 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: 37, facsimile | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber. |