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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Measure of letters 7.5
Chronology
Textual typology Dedicatory text - fragmentary
TEXT marker
1 ʾlʿhr bn Ġylkrb ʾb[ ... ...]— 2 s¹n krb ʾhwr s³lʾ b-ʾr[nydʿ ... ...]
Apparatus 2 "the obligation of the pools (?), which he dedicated (or: "as a dedication"), by ʾrnydʿ"; bʾr could be also part of a common noun.
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 387 Support type Stone inscription Material Stone Measures h.17.6, w. 58.5, th. 9 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin Modern site Unknown Ancient site Unknown Geographical area wādī al-Jawf Country Yemen Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYRossi 2022 : 385-386Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions . (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.