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as-Sawdāʾ 86 M 296; RES 3309


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...]m bn ḏn (w)—
   2  [... ...]rfn mnfs¹
   3  [... ...]lwn w-k ḍ—
   4  [... ...]ʿ Mḏb

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] from this cis-
   2  tern (?) the duct of
   3  Lwn and towards the
   4  west of Mḏb.
Avanzini 1995: 205-206Avanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 125167=1887,0629.6
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 17, w. 34, th. 10
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
NotesOn the different hypotheses on the provenance of this inscription (as-Sawdāʾ or Maʿīn) see Avanzini 1995: 19.
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