M 365 JSMin 28; RES 3705
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]l w-s²ym Kk(wn) bn (Mʿ)n (w)-lhm [... ...]
2 [... ...](ʿ)n l-yẓlʿ [... ...]s¹m ḫms¹ mʾh [... ...]
3 [... ...](s²) [.]l ḏ-ys¹qr (b)-Kk(wn) bn (M)[ʿ](n) (k)[... ...]
4 [... ...] w-ʿḏbt kb(rn) w-ʿ(h)r(hn )w-m[s²qbn ... ...]
5 [... ...] w-kbrn w-(ʿ)hrhn w-ms²qbn [... ...]
6 [... ...]ḥrn ywmnt ftḥn w-mṯbtn [... ...]
| 1 | Kkwn is a toponym according to the editors. |
| 2 | (in the middle) Jaussen and Savignac read s¹q[ny] Ns¹m, while RES and Garbini s¹q[nyt] Ns¹m; RES's error of transcription ḫms² (but correctly translated as ḫms¹ "five") has been repeated by Garbini. |
| 3 | the editors read [... ...]s² (k)l; (M)[ʿ](n) kl [... ...]. |
| 6 | maybe m]ḥrn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 29, w. 35 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿUlā |
| Ancient site | Ddn |
| Geographical area | Ḥijāz |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 294-298, pls LXXVII, CII/28 (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. |