M 328 JSMin 18; RES 3353
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: LXXIII/18 (photo); Mordtmann 1897: 44, 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 | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 [..] s¹t[... ...]—
3 n ʾlht [... ...]
4 [... ...] Ḥmyn (ḏ)-(Yf)[ʿn ... ...]
5 [... ...]l(t) [... ...]
6 [... ...]
| Ll.1-3 seem to be encircled by a rectangle. Maybe we are dealing with two different texts (ll.1-3 and ll.4-6). | |
| L.1: [... ...](s¹b) t (Jaussen and Savignac, RES, Garbini) | |
| L.4: as the editors note, the n on the damaged stone produces the effect of a ṯ. | |
| L.5: Jaussen and Savignac suggest Tymʾlt; RES m(l)lt | |
| L.6: [... ...]ʿṭ[... ...] (Jaussen and Savignac, RES, Garbini) |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 30, w. 17 |
| 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
| Müller, David H. 1889: pl. II/XIX | 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: 44, facsimile | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber. |
| Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 273-274, pls LXXIII, XCV/18 (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. |