CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...] ys¹brrn w-s¹m[tʿ... ...]
   2  [... ...]w-bn-kl ḏ-yġrb-s¹ [... ...]
   3  [... ...] w-ʾlʿz lwʾn ḥ[... ...]
   4  [... ... ]Zyd w-Ḥmy w-ʾlʿ[z ... ...]
   5  [... ...] w-Zyd w-[Ḥ]my w-ʾ[lʿz ... ...]
   6  [... ...](t)-s¹ k-Wd rytm s¹[... ...]
   7  [... ...]mn w-ḥght-s¹ mn (k)-[... ...]
   8  [... ... ]Wd ys¹brrn w-s¹mt[ʿ... ...]
   9  [... ...] w-s¹qnyt-s¹ w-ʾs¹ṭr[ ... ...]

Apparatus
7possibly also w-ḥght-s¹{|}mn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 30, w. 23
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMadāʾin Ṣāliḥ
Ancient siteḤgrʾ
Geographical areaNorthwest Arabia
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe stone was reemplyed in the same well's wall as M 350.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jaussen and Savignac 1909: 253-255, fig. 104 (facsimile), pl. X/2Jaussen, Antonin J. and Savignac, M. Raphael 1909. Mission archéologique en Arabie. (Mars-mai 1907). De Jérusalem au Hedjaz Médâin-Saleḥ. (Publications de la Société française des fouilles archéologiques, [1]). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Pirenne 1956: pl. XXVII/cPirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën.