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Macdonald 2021: 267
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé, from photographs taken by Farīq aṣ- Ṣaḥrāʾ 2017 (www.alsahra.org).
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé, from photographs taken by Farīq aṣ- Ṣaḥrāʾ 2017 (www.alsahra.org).
Macdonald 2021: 267
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé, from photographs taken by Farīq aṣ- Ṣaḥrāʾ 2017 (www.alsahra.org).
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé, from photographs taken by Farīq aṣ- Ṣaḥrāʾ 2017 (www.alsahra.org).
Nehmé 2021: pl. 51b
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé, from photographs taken by Farīq aṣ- Ṣaḥrāʾ 2017 (www.alsahra.org).
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé, from photographs taken by Farīq aṣ- Ṣaḥrāʾ 2017 (www.alsahra.org).
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 ʾhw|((ʾhwn))
2 Hnʾt-bn-M[... ...]
| 1 | Macdonald reads ʾhw followed by a word divider and interprets the signs at the left of the word divider as part of the letters running vertically along the edge of the rock (in particular, forming "y" and "r"). However, it cannot be excluded that they form part of a final "n" of the personal name. |
| 2 | Macdonald interprets the second line as a personal name + "bn" + a patronymic which begins with the letter "m" and then continues vertically up the edge of stone and whose reading, according to Macdonald, might be: "w/ḍ", ".", "y", "r", "s²", "k". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Material | Rock |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (Darb al-Bakrah various 3) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Darb al-Bakrah |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Macdonald 2021: 267 (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. 51b | Nehmé, 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. |