M 361 JSMin 19; RES 3700
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]mr w-s¹kwn ʾlʾ[lt ... ...]
2 [... ...] b-mqs³mh S²hrn hn[... ...]
3 [... ...]Mrn kbrn w-ʿhrhn n[... ...]
4 [... ...]mṯbh l(b)n (kl ʿs²)[... ...]
5 [... ... m]s¹tqs³(m )[... ...]
6 [... ... ʾ]rḫn w-ḫrfhn w-hn y[... ...]
7 [... ...] ḏ-mḫrh S²hrn k-s¹wt s²[... ...]
8 [... ...](s³)h wrḫ b-ʿbr-s¹w w-hn[... ...]
9 [... ...] mḏbḥt tḏ(b)[ḥ] k-ḏ-ʿwḏn [... ...]
10 [... ...] S²hrn ʾḥly kl ḏ-ym[... ...]
11 [... ...] qny (ḍ)ʾn w-mʿzy[... ...]
12 [... ...]m(n)-kl qny(n)[ .]r mḏbḥt[... ...]
13 [... ...]ḏn ʾmrn s¹tʾḏnt Zydt[... ...]
14 [... ...]
15 [... ...]Whb Mlhm[... ...]
| 2, 7, 10 | s²hrn could also be the noun "month". |
| 3 | Jaussen and Savignac integrate ḏ]-Mrn. In the Minaic corpus Mrn as name of group or person or as name ending is frequently attested, but see also ʾmrn in l.13. |
| 6 | the previous editors integrate w]rḫn, but as ḫrfhn is plural, we should most probably restore ʾ]rḫn. |
| 7 | Jaussen and Savignac read ks¹wt "vêtement". |
| 12 | qnyn (b)r (all the editors). |
| 15 | Mlhm is attested once in the Minaic Corpus as a name of group. Here it is probably the frequent case of a name of group in apposition with an anthroponym. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 84, w. 30 |
| 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: 274-279, pl. C/19 (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. |