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M 357 JSMin 9; RES 3696


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ...]( k)-y(r)d whbt w-(bq)[... ...]
   2  [... ...]dt (b)yt(h)-s¹ kl yqny[ ... ...]
   3  [... ...gz]z b(s¹)l kw(n) ḏ-qny [... ...]
   4  [... ...]s¹brr w-s¹mtʿ k-W(d)[ ... ...]
   5  [... ...](fr) bn k(l) s¹[.](hm)[... ...]

Apparatus
1the first letter is very uncertain, though all the editors restore (k). Jaussen and Savignac doubt whether the third letter is "r" or "h". They restore the last letter as (n), though in the facsimile it is (q). RES and Garbini follow the facsimile.
2...]dt yths¹, according to Jaussen and Savignac, as they do not see clearly the "b" and consider the space between the word separator and the "y" too small for a letter. They interpret the word as a VIII form of the verb whs¹.
3Jaussen and Savignac read b-kl, although pointing also to the parallel "Bs¹l" in M 289, l.2. RES prefers this second option.
5s¹lhm (all the editors); but the "l" could also be a "m".

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 20, w. 34
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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

Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 251-253, pl. XCVI/9 (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.