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M 290 JSMin 213; Ry 48; RES 3283


Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 103/213 (facsimile)
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Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 103/213 (facsimile)
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Pirenne 1956: pl. 27/e

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]bn s²ʾm-s¹ [... ...]( bhn)[... ...]
   2  [... ...] k-Ys²rḥʾl ḏ-Ġrbt kl s²ʾ(m)[... ...]
   3  [... ...]t ṣḥftn w-ṣlwtn w-Ys²rḥ[ʾl ... ...]
   4  [... ...]

Apparatus
1the editors suggest reading [... ...](ġ)bn at the beginning of the line and integrating w-fdyt-s¹ at the centre of the line.
2-3Mordtmann 1897 and Rhodokanakis 1917: 44 suggest at the beginning of l.2: [s¹wfy] or [mnw] k-Ys²rḥʾl; at the end: s²ʾm[-s¹ w-fdyt-s¹; at the beginning of l.3: ʿnn ʿlyt ḏ]t.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBruxelles, Musée du Cinquantenaire, O.714
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 34, w. 14
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-ʿUlā
Ancient siteDdn
Geographical areaḤijāz
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesWhen Doughty saw the inscription (Renan 1891: pl. XVI, fol. 30, bad facsimile), it was reemployed in a house wall in the south area of the town (h. 165, w. 36). It had already disappeared when Jaussen and Savignac later visited the site, but a fragment is kept in Brussels.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 200Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200.
Müller, David H. 1889: pl. I/VIMüller, David H. 1889. Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Arabien. (Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Denkschriften, 37/2). Vienna: In Commission bei F. Tempsky.
Mordtmann 1897: 22, facsimileMordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber.
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 361-362, pls LXXVIII, CIII/213 (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.
Pirenne 1956: pl. XXVII/ePirenne, 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.
Rhodokanakis 1917Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1917. Studien zur Lexikographie und Grammatik des Altsüdarabischen. II Heft. (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 185/3). Vienna: Alfred Hölder.