CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...](n)[.] Dʿym ḏ-ʾḥ[rm ... ...]
   2  [... ...]m w-mty tḍrk[... ...]
   3  [... ...] s¹qnytn ḏ-ʾb[rhn ... ...]

Apparatus
1[... ...]bnh (editors).
3for the restoration ḏ-ʾb[rhn], cf. M 316, l.5.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 15, w. 22
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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: 279-280, pls LXXV, C/20 (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.