M 333 JSMin 24; RES 3357
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 [... ...]t-s¹ S¹lmy bnt lwʾth-s¹ ʿdt ḏ[... ...]
2 [... ...]qny Wd lwʾtn S¹lmy w-qny-s¹ w[... ...]
3 [... ...] ḏ-qny gzz bs¹l w-S¹ʿyd b-ys¹brr w-[... ...]
4 [... ...]n kl (ʾl)h(m) w-ʾns¹m w-hm lhm s¹(br)r S¹(ʿ)[yd ... ...]
5 [... ...]yth ḏ-[Y]mttʿ(([y]mttʿ)) w-ḏ Fʾmn ms¹brrm w-[... ...]
6 [... ...](ʾ)ḏnh-s¹ (b)-(Q)rn(w) w-l ts¹tṣʿq w-s¹[... ...]
7 [... ...] ḏ-(F)ʾmn w-kl ḏ-yqny b-kl ʾrḍm kl-s¹ [... ...]
8 [... ...]t ṣlwtn [... ... ṣ](ḥftn) w-ṣlwtn ḏ-S²ms¹y ḏ-(kb)[rh ... ...]
| 1 | maybe ḏ[t ... ...]. |
| 2 | kl ](ḏ-)yqny (Mordtmann). |
| 5-6 | the uncertain reading in the photo by Jaussen and Savignac can be restored on the base of Müller's reading and Mordtmann's facsimile. In the meantime, the stone had been cut into two fragments, reemployed separately in a house wall. |
| 5 | w-mt[... ...] (Mordtmann); the editors suggest to consider ymttʿ a name of group as Fʾmn (the occurrence in M 350 A does not clear up the doubt). |
| 6 | (ḏ)-ʾḏnh-s¹ (Mordtmann). |
| 8 | Beeston 1956: 11 restores ṣlwtn [ywmnt ṣ]ḥftn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] S¹lmy, daughter of his priestess ʿdt [... ...] 2 [... ...] the properties of Wd the priestess S¹lmy and her properties [... ...] 3 [... ...] ? and S¹ʿyd will be released from [... ...] 4 [... ...] any god or man and if He does not release S¹ʿyd from [... ...] 5 [... ...] ḏ-Ymttʿ and ḏ-Fʾmn ? [... ...] 6 [... ...] her faculties in Qrnw and may she be proclaimed and [... ...] 7 [... ...] ḏ-Fʾmn and all his possessions in all his land [... ...] 8 [... ...] the act [... ...] the document and the act in the month of S²ms¹y of the kabirate of [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 37, w. 62 |
| 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 |
CULTURAL NOTES
This is a legal text concerning the properties of a priestess (presumably of the god Wd) who is daughter of another priestess.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, David H. 1889: pl. II/XXIV (photo) | 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. |
| Mordtmann 1897: 48, facsimile | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber. |
| Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 285-289, pls LXXVI, CI/24 (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. |
| Beeston 1956 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1956. Epigraphic South Arabian calendars and dating. London: Luzac. |