CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Müller, David H. 1889: pl. I/1; Mordtmann 1897: 1, facsimile
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary (conjectural)

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription, recorded by Doughty (Renan 1891: pl. XII, fol. 21, bad facsimile) and Euting (see Müller 1889 and Mordtmann 1897), was not found later by Jaussen and Savignac (1914: 252).

TEXT


   1  S¹ʿd w-bn-s¹w (ʾ)s¹(lm)( b)[... ...]
   2  gzz bs¹l kwn ḏ-qny [... ...]
   3  hn-mhm w-ʿz ʿzyn ḏ-[... ...]—
   4  r rytm w-hm lhm (s¹)[... ...]
   5  [..]d b-ʾḥly ʿ(bd)[... ...]

Apparatus
4s¹[brr] (Garbini).
5ḥ.d (Garbini).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 19, w. 25
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-ʿUlā
Ancient siteDdn
Geographical areaḤijāz
CountrySaudi Arabia
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, David H. 1889: pl. I/1Müller, David H. 1889. Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Arabien. (Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Denkschriften, 37/2). Vienna: In Commission bei F. Tempsky.
Renan 1891Renan, Ernest (ed.) 1891. Documents épigraphiques recueillis dans le Nord de l'Arabie par M. Charles Doughty. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale.
Mordtmann 1897: 1, facsimileMordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber.
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 252Jaussen, 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.