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M 288 JSMin 180; RES 3274; Ja 2330
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: pl. 127/180 (facsimile)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 ḏ-ʿmrtʿ
2 Wʾl bn Brqs¹
| 1 | according to Jaussen and Savignac, the first line had to be the second in the author's intentions, but was placed above because of fault of space. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Material | Rock |
| Dimensions | h. 17, w. 49 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿUlā (The text is inscribed below a group of tombs on the Jabal Khuraybah's cliff.) |
| Ancient site | Ddn |
| Geographical area | Ḥijāz |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, David H. 1889: pl. VIII/860, 861 (facsimile) | Müller, David H. 1889. Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Arabien. (Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Denkschriften, 37/2). Vienna: In Commission bei F. Tempsky. |
| Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 352, pl. CXXVII/180 (facsimile) | Jaussen, Antonin J. and Savignac, M. Raphael 1914. Mission archéologique en Arabie. II. El-ʿEla, d'Hégra à Teima, Harrah de Tebouk. (Publications de la Société française des fouilles archéologiques, 2). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
| Jamme 1974 b: 102, pl. 25 (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1974. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250308. [Privately printed] |