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M 335 JSMin 145; RES 3371


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  Nḥs¹ṭb Dṯʾ ʾgr-Wd
   2  {ʾ}ṣnʿ s¹tṭr ʿl-mtbr |
   3  ʾwdq k-Ḥmyn Brn

Apparatus
2-3the two ʾ at the beginning of the lines are not aligned with the text; on the base of the comparison with M 370, we have expunged the first one.
Dextrograde letters n and ʾ.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Nḥs¹ṭb (of the clan) Dṯʾ, servant of Wd,
   2  the artisan, has traced on the quarry
   3  the cuttings for Ḥmyn Brn
The translation is based on M 370's interpretation by Jamme 1974: 103.
Jamme 1974 bJamme, Albert W.F. 1974. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250308. [Privately printed]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 339-340, pl. CXXV/145 (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.