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M 301 RES 3317
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...] w-mrṯd (N)krḥ w-W[d ... ...]
2 [... ...] bn ʾbyt (ḍ)fw ʾ(ḥ)[ly ... ...]
3 [... ...]w-trḏnm w-l-gzz (ḏ)[... ...]
4 [... ... ʾhl ʾ]mnhtn ḥtfd w-tlw (ʾ)[... ...]
5 [... ...](r)[... ...]
| 3 | Jamme 1971: 61 suggests the reading fn]wt-rḏnm "le canal des villages"; at the end ḏ[n ftḥn] (RES). |
| 5 | RES 3317 reads w-b-qdmh-s¹ |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125135=1887,0629.16 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 17, w. 36, th. 10 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Sirāqa |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1956: pl. XXVa | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën. |
| Jamme 1971 b: 61 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |