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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 | 1.5 |
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [ʾ]ws¹ʿṯt
2 | Bṣḥ s³lʾ
3 Nkrḥ ḏ-b
4 blqn krb s¹—
5 brr
Apparatus |
2 | it might also be (ḏ)-Bṣḥ, as name of clan. | 6 | at the end of the text, in a bigger size: (n)ṣh. |
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TRANSLATIONS
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1 ʾws¹ʿṯt
2 Bṣḥ dedicated
3 to Nkrḥ what is on
4 this stone (?), as an obligation from which He released him.
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 392 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 12, w. 9.5, th. 4.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | The inscription probably comes from Baraqish. |
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