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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 5 |
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 L[ḥy ..] Mʾd Rfʾ[ s³lʾ]
2 Nkrḥ bḥtnyhn w-[rṯ]—
3 d Lḥy Nkrḥ s³lʾ-s¹
Apparatus |
1 | if our integration of the dedicant's name is correct, the lacuna should be only on the right side of the text. |
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TRANSLATIONS
English | |
1 Lḥy [...] Mʾd Rfʾ[... ...] dedicated to
2 Nkrḥ the two slabs and [... ...] and
3 Lḥy committed to Nkrḥ his dedication [... ...]
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 391 |
Support type | Artefact » Slab |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 24, w. 24, th. 10 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | The inscription probably comes from Baraqish. |
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