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Ja 857
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 (ʾlḥ)t (Ṯ)ʿlbn (w)-[... ...]
2 brʾw mḥfd-h(m)[w ... ... b-r]—
3 (dʾ )(Rḥm)nn ḏ-b-s¹m(w)[yn ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlḥt Ṯʿlbn and [... ...] 2 built their tower [... ...] with the assis- 3 tance of Rḥmnn, He who is in the heaven [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Princeton, Princeton University Library, Manuscripts Division AM 15365 |
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 54, w. 33, th. 5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ukhdūd |
| Ancient site | Ẓrbn / Ngrn |
| Geographical area | Najrān |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Philby and Tritton 1944: 133 | Philby, Harry St John B. and Tritton, Arthur S. 1944. Najran Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 119-129. |
| Jamme 1955 c: 152, pl. II | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. South-Arabian Antiquities in the U.S.A. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 12/5-6: 152-154. |