CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Jaussen and Savignac 1914: pl. 127/180 (facsimile)
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT


   1  ḏ-ʿmrtʿ
   2  Wʾl bn Brqs¹

Apparatus
1according to Jaussen and Savignac, the first line had to be the second in the author's intentions, but was placed above because of fault of space.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
Measuresh. 17, w. 49
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-ʿUlā
Ancient siteDdn
Geographical areaḤijāz
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Tomb
NotesThe text is inscribed below a group of tombs.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, David H. 1889: pl. VIII/860, 861 (facsimile)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.
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 352, pl. CXXVII/180 (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.
Jamme 1974 b: 102, pl. 25 (facsimile)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]