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M 317 JSMin 26; RES 3342


Jaussen and Savignac 1914: pls LXXV (photo), CI/26 (facsimile)

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  [... ... Yṯ]mt bn-kl s²ʾm w-fdyt Mrʾtwd kl hn-mhm k-[... ...]
   2  [... ...]y w-mnw k-ḏy Yṯmt kl s²ʾm-s¹ w-fdyt-s¹ ʿnn ʿlyt ḏt [ṣḥftn ... ...]
   3  [... ... w-rṯdt Mrʾt]wd (ḏt) Yṯmt ʾs¹ṭr-s¹ w-s¹qnyt-s¹ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ w-Wdm w-[... ...]
   4  [... ...](yġ)rb-s¹m w-s¹n(kr) w-s¹fʾ w-ms¹r bn-mqmh-s¹ (ymh)[... ...]

Apparatus
L.4: RES and consequently Garbini read w-ġrb-s¹m; at the end of the line, Jaussen and Savignac read ʿ(lt)...

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ... ]Yṯmt from every purchase and payment of Mrʾtwd [... ...]
   2  [... ...]and assigned (?) to the two of Yṯmt all her purchases and payments according to this [document ... ...]
   3  [... ... Mrʾt]wd of the family Yṯmt [put] her written records and dedications [under the protection of] ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and Wdm and [... ...]
   4  [... ... from anyone who would] move them away and damage and remove and take away from its place at the time of [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 15, w. 56
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-ʿUlā
Ancient siteDdn
Geographical areaḤijāz
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, David H. 1889: pl. I/VIIMüller, 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: 23, facsimileMordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber.
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 290-292, pls LXXV, CI/26 (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/aPirenne, 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.