DhM 392
By kind permission of GOAM
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
| 2 | it might also be (ḏ)-Bṣḥ, as name of clan. |
| 6 | at the end of the text, in a bigger size: (n)ṣh. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾws¹ʿṯt 2 Bṣḥ dedicated 3 to Nkrḥ what is on 4 this stone (?), as an obligation from which He released him. |
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
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription probably comes from Baraqish. |
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