CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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  • Editor(s)
    Ethan Edoardo Maspes
    Irene Rossi
  • First published
    2024-05-30
  • Last revised
    2026-05-22
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-10519
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ArASA 3


Macdonald 2021: 245
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé.
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Macdonald 2021: 245
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé.
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Nehmé 2021: pl. 6b
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé.

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision

GENERAL NOTES

"The text runs vertically down the right edge and then along the bottom of the face which bears ArNab 47–50" (Macdonald 2018).

TEXT

marker


   1  Bw(g)t((Bw(l)t))-(ʾ)m(l)t(((S¹)m(l)t))-Dʿn Dʿ(b)

Apparatus
1The four words may be part of at least three different names (if they are names): the first one runs vertically along the right edge of the rock surface; after an empty space, the second runs along the bottom of the face; after another space, the third is separated form the fourth by a word divider.
Macdonald notes that the word (ʾ/s¹)mlt seems to be a correction of the original writing (ʾ/s¹)mnt.
The reading (ʾ/s¹)mnt cannot be excluded either.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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 2021: 245 (photo)Macdonald, Michael C.A. 2021. 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.
Nehmé 2021: pl. 6bNehmé, Laïla (ed.) 2021. 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.