CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Macdonald 2018: 246
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé.

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision

GENERAL NOTES

The name has not been found before in Ancient south Arabian, though "ʾḍbb" is known from Qatabanic. However, it occurs once in an unpublished Safaitic inscription (Macdonald 2018).

TEXT


   1  Ḍbb

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
MaterialRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-ʿArniyyāt
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaDarb al-Bakrah
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Macdonald 2018: 245-246 (photo)Macdonald, Michael C.A. 2018. The Ancient North Arabian and Ancient South Arabian Inscriptions. Pages 227-284 in Laïla Nehmé (ed.). The Darb al-Bakrah: A Caravan Route in North-West Arabia discovered by Ali I. al-Ghabban. Catalogue of the Inscriptions. Riyadh: Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage. 2024/05/22; https://hal.science/hal-02096586.