CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The text is parallel to DhM 384 and seems to have the same author. On the basis of that, we suppose that the lacuna with the dedication verb is at the left side of the stone, probably engraved on another slab.

TEXT


   1  ʿbd bn Fʾr[m ... ... s³lʾ]
   2  Nkrḥ bḥtn [... ...]
   3  krb s¹brr

Apparatus
1Fʾr is also attested in MAFRAY-Malāḥā 1, from the surroundings of Baraqish.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿbd son of Fʾrm [... ...] dedicated to
   2  Nkrḥ the slab [... ...]
   3  as obligaton from which He released him.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositDhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 388
Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 20, w. 29, th. 8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jawf
CountryYemen
NotesThe inscription probably comes from Baraqish.
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