DhM 391
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 L[ḥy ..] Mʾd Rfʾ[ s³lʾ]
2 Nkrḥ bḥtnyhn w-[rṯ]—
3 d Lḥy Nkrḥ s³lʾ-s¹
| 1 | if our integration of the dedicant's name is correct, the lacuna should be only on the right side of the text. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lḥy [...] Mʾd Rfʾ[... ...] dedicated to 2 Nkrḥ the two slabs and [... ...] and 3 Lḥy committed to Nkrḥ his dedication [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 391 |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 24, w. 24, th. 10 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription probably comes from Baraqish. |
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