CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Macdonald 2021: 254
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

TEXT

marker


   1  Qdm((Qdm)) Ngyt

Apparatus
1The first name is found once as a lineage name in Minaic (as-Sawdāʾ 12), but is well attested as a personal name (and once as a lineage name) in Safaitic and is found occasionally as a personal name in Hismaic. The second name is known from Safaitic and Hismaic (Macdonald 2021: 245).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
MaterialRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Macdonald 2021: 254 (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.