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M 328 JSMin 18; RES 3353


Jaussen and Savignac 1914: LXXIII/18 (photo); Mordtmann 1897: 44, 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 letters4
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]
   2  [..] s¹t[... ...]—
   3  n ʾlht [... ...]
   4  [... ...] Ḥmyn (ḏ)-(Yf)[ʿn ... ...]
   5  [... ...]l(t) [... ...]
   6  [... ...]

Apparatus
Ll.1-3 seem to be encircled by a rectangle. Maybe we are dealing with two different texts (ll.1-3 and ll.4-6).
L.1: [... ...](s¹b) t (Jaussen and Savignac, RES, Garbini)
L.4: as the editors note, the n on the damaged stone produces the effect of a ṯ.
L.5: Jaussen and Savignac suggest Tymʾlt; RES m(l)lt
L.6: [... ...]ʿṭ[... ...] (Jaussen and Savignac, RES, Garbini)

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 30, w. 17
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Müller, David H. 1889: pl. II/XIXMüller, 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: 44, facsimileMordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber.
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 273-274, pls LXXIII, XCV/18 (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.