M 360 JSMin 15; RES 3699
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 |
TEXT
1 [... ...]w(ġ )Nhn(ʾ)[... ...] Mʿnm w-bhn[... ...]
2 [... ...]s¹ Ddny(m)( ʾ)[..](b)n b(ʾ)[.] ḏ-(ʾḫ)rh [... ...]
3 [... ... ](M)ʿnyt k-Ddny w-k-ḏ ʾḫrh [... ...]
4 [... ... M](ʿ)nm w-bhn-s¹m (w)-bhnt-s¹m w[... ...]
5 [... ... s¹]ʿrb kl wld tld Mʿnyt k-kl ḏ-(ʾḫrh ʾ)[... ...]
6 [... ...]
| 1 | the reading of the first letters is difficult. The name Nhnʾ is not attested elsewhere, while Hnʾ is widespread (cf. also Bnhnʾ in YM 26667). The editors read [... ...] mlk Mʿnm w-bhn-s¹. |
| 2 | Jaussen and Savignac read Bʾr ḏ-ʾḫrh as proper name. The reading of bʾr is very difficult. At the end of the line, they read bn[... ...]. |
| 4 | at the end of the line, Jaussen and Savignac read w-(ʾws²kh). |
| 6 | the editors read some letters in the line: [... ...]nʿmy [..]ḏb[... ...]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] Nhn(ʾ) [... ...] Maʿīn and the sons [... ...] 2 [... ...] a Dedanite man [... ...] what follows [... ...] 3 [... ...] a Minaean woman to a Dedanite man and for what follows (for the future, or for the descendants?) [... ...] 4 [... ...] Maʿīn and their sons and their daughters [... ...] 5 [... ...] offer all the children that a Minaean woman will have for all that follows (?) [... ...] 6 [... ...] |
| 3-5 | Grimme 1932: 236-7, translates the lines. |
| Grimme 1932 | Grimme, Hubert 1932. Die Bedeutung des Eigennamens ʾʾs2r in Glaser 1155 und 1083 sowie Weiteres zu Gl. 1155. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 39: 227-245. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Measures | h. 13, w. 42 |
| 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 |
CULTURAL NOTES
Though fragmentary, this text seems to be a decree on the union between Minaean women and Dedanite men and on their children.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 266-269, pls LXXVI, XCVIII/15 (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. |