M 359 JSMin 14; RES 3698
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 | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]w[... ...]my[...]qny ʾws¹ ḏ-(ʿ)mm b-k(l)[ ... ...] ḏ[.](b) w-s¹tʾ[... ...]
2 [... ...]yd(h)-s¹mn ʿd ys¹brr w-s¹mtʿ ḏ-ʿmm k-Wd (lw)ʾnhn rbm[... ...]
3 [... ...]n w-s¹qnyt-s¹mn w-[... ...] ʾlʾlt Mʿnm bn ḏ-y(nkr)[-s¹m]
| 1 | s¹my ḏ qny ʾws¹ ḏ-ʿmm b-k(lw)[... ...]dh(b) w-s¹tʾ[... ...] (Jaussen and Savignac and RES). Garbini correctly transcribes ḏh(b). Uncertain reading of qny (qnh according to Jaussen and Savignac's facsimile). |
| 2 | the editors read [kt]rb k-ydy-s¹mn, but the second y is more probably a h. Beeston 1981 b: 25, doubts about the restoration of [kt]rb: "a noun form is just as possible". |
| 3 | at the beginning of the line Jaussen and Savignac integrate (yn)n, the following editors s¹]mn; w-ʾqnyt-s¹mn and at the end ḏn ḏ-ʾqn (Jaussen and Savignac). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 13, w. 57 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿUlā |
| Ancient site | Ddn |
| Geographical area | Ḥijāz |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 264-266, pls 74, 98/14 (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. |
| Beeston 1981 b | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Two epigraphic South Arabian roots: HYʿ and KRB. Pages 21-34 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität. |