M 364 JSMin 22; RES 3703
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]m[... ...]ṯ[.]
2 [... ...] f-ġyr-s¹mn |
3 [... ...](w)hb w-ws¹—
4 [... ...]n w-ms²qbn
5 [... ... y]wmnt (b)lyt[... ...]((ḏ-Lyt[... ...]))
6 [... ...]yʿdw-s¹ l[... ...]
| 5 | Jaussen and Savignac transcribe ḏ-Lyṯ, although on their facsimile one can clearly read ḏ-Lyt. |
| 6 | there seems to be no text after the final l, which is not so clearly readable. Maybe a monogram? |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 17, w. 12 |
| 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 281-282, pls LXXV, C/22 (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. |