CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.4
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT


   1  [... ... b](y)t(h)-(s¹m) [... ...]
   2  [... ...]y kwn ḏ-qny[... ...]
   3  [... ...]m kl-s¹ gzz b(s¹)[l ... ...]
   4  [... ... ]b-hn mhm w-(mt)[y... ...]

Apparatus
4Jaussen and Savignac, RES and Garbini: w-mtʿ, but see M 464, l.2.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 16, w. 28
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-ʿUlā
Ancient siteDdn
Geographical areaḤijāz
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 280-281, pls LXXV, C/21 (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.