M 317 JSMin 26; RES 3342
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: pls LXXV (photo), CI/26 (facsimile)
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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 (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ... Yṯ]mt bn-kl s²ʾm w-fdyt Mrʾtwd kl hn-mhm k-[... ...]
2 [... ...]y w-mnw k-ḏy Yṯmt kl s²ʾm-s¹ w-fdyt-s¹ ʿnn ʿlyt ḏt [ṣḥftn ... ...]
3 [... ... w-rṯdt Mrʾt]wd (ḏt) Yṯmt ʾs¹ṭr-s¹ w-s¹qnyt-s¹ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ w-Wdm w-[... ...]
4 [... ...](yġ)rb-s¹m w-s¹n(kr) w-s¹fʾ w-ms¹r bn-mqmh-s¹ (ymh)[... ...]
| L.4: RES and consequently Garbini read w-ġrb-s¹m; at the end of the line, Jaussen and Savignac read ʿ(lt)... |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ... ]Yṯmt from every purchase and payment of Mrʾtwd [... ...] 2 [... ...]and assigned (?) to the two of Yṯmt all her purchases and payments according to this [document ... ...] 3 [... ... Mrʾt]wd of the family Yṯmt [put] her written records and dedications [under the protection of] ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and Wdm and [... ...] 4 [... ... from anyone who would] move them away and damage and remove and take away from its place at the time of [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 15, w. 56 |
| 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, David H. 1889: pl. I/VII | 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: 23, facsimile | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber. |
| Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 290-292, pls LXXV, CI/26 (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. |
| Pirenne 1956: pl. XXVII/a | Pirenne, 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. |