Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Abecedary |
Above the inscription, Jaussen and Savignac read three letters: qs¹s¹. | |
1-2 | the g is probably an error of writing for r (or it is simply an error in the letters' sequence, as the corresponding ʿ in l.2); it is unsure whether the following sign in both lines has to be interpreted as b or ġ (the sign above the letter in l.1, which was interpreted as an added l by the editors, could be instead an oblique trait of the ġ). The letter following the s¹, which resembles a b or s¹, should be a k. The following, in l.1, could be a dextrograde n. |
3 | the last sign, which seems a dextrograde s², is probably to be interpreted as a z. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-ʿUlā |
Ancient site | Ddn |
Geographical area | Ḥijāz |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Link to site record |
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 341-342, pl. CXXVI/148 (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. |
Ryckmans, Jacques 1985: 343-359, fig. 1 (facsimile) | Ryckmans, Jacques 1985. L'ordre alphabétique sud-sémitique et ses origines. Pages 343-359 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). Mélanges linguistiques offerts à Maxime Rodinson par ses élèves, ses collègues et ses amis. (Comptes rendus du Groupe linguistique d'études chamito-sémitiques. Supplément, 12). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
Beeston 1979 a | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1979. South Arabian alphabetic letter order. Raydān, 2: 87-88. |