M 318 JSMin 29; RES 3343
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: pls LXXVI (photo), CII/29 (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 | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]Fʾmn ʾns¹(y) s²f(r w)-[... ...]
2 [... ...](mn) ftḥ [....] ḥ(g )(Nkr)ḥ ftḥ (ʾh)[... ...]
3 [... ...] (ḏ)-(Fʾmn) w-ftḥ (ḥg )(Nk)rḥ (ḏ)-(ng)w s¹mʿ w-[... ...]
4 [... ...]ydʿ w-s¹mʿ w-(ḥ)[.](f)[... ...] (ḏ)-F(ʾm)[n ... ...]
| 1 | w-(ʾl)[whb] (RES and Garbini). |
| 2 | the editors read Fʾ]mn ftḥ bn-kl ḥg Nkrḥ ftḥ ʾh[l .... |
| 3 | the editors integrate [w-ʾlwhb] at the beginning of the line. |
| 4 | the editors read f]rʿ w-s¹ydʿ w-s¹mʿ w-ḥtfẓ (ʾlw)hb ḏ-F[ʾmn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 14, w. 60 |
| 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
This text mentions the "judicial order of the command of Nkrḥ", testifying the close relationship between religion and the administration of justice.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, David H. 1889: pl. I/VIII | 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: 25, facsimile | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber. |
| Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 298-299, pls LXXVI, CII/29 (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. |