CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Müller, David H. 1889: pl. II/XVII (photo); Mordtmann 1897: 42, facsimile

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT

marker


   1  [ ... ...]
   2  [... ...](n)y Wd lwʾn [... ...]
   3  [... ...](ʾ)[...] yʿkr Wdm [... ...]
   4  [... ...]ṣʿq-s¹ (ḏ)-ʾḏnh-s¹ w-mty y[... ...]
   5  [... ...]ws¹ k-Wd bn kl ḏ-yġrb-s¹ [... ...]
   6  [... ...]m[.]mrn ʿn b-mʿtq b-byth[... ...]
   7  [... ...] (Yḏkrʾl)( ḏ)-(ʾḥrm)

Apparatus
1the editors read bn-s¹ ʾ[w]s¹.
2the editors restore yq]ny.
4although Mordtmann reads ...]ṣʿq-s¹ (ḏ)-ʾḏnh-s¹, RES and so Garbini prefer to restore ...]ṣʿq-s¹ (b)-ʾḏnh-s¹. However, the reading ḏ (which is doubtful also in M 325) is confirmed on the base of M 464.
5the editors restore yq]ny.
6m[ḫ]mrn (Mordtmann).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 35, w. 54
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-ʿUlā
Ancient siteDdn
Geographical areaḤijāz
CountrySaudi Arabia
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, David H. 1889: pl. II/XVIIMüller, 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: 42, facsimileMordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber.