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as-Sawdāʾ 34 RES 2910; M 132
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 |
| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Halévy's copy. |
TEXT
1 bn ḏ-D(ʿ)m b-mʿhd
2 k wzʿ s¹ʾl ʾḥd
3 ẓm w-k ḏ-bytn (q)r—
4 [... ...]s²r w-ms¹kn l-ys³q
5 [s²]k-lm b-yḥr ṯny
6 yḏbḥn ṯny <ḏ>bḥy /[2/]
7 l w-kl (ḏ)s³ ns²q(ḥ)ḍ
| 6 | Halévy reads ṯny bḥys³ instead of ṯny ḏbḥy plus the symbol that precedes a cipher. Corrections by Avanzini. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1995: 136-138 | Avanzini, 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] |