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M 365 JSMin 28; RES 3705


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
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]l w-s²ym Kk(wn) bn (Mʿ)n (w)-lhm [... ...]
   2  [... ...](ʿ)n l-yẓlʿ [... ...]s¹m ḫms¹ mʾh [... ...]
   3  [... ...](s²) [.]l ḏ-ys¹qr (b)-Kk(wn) bn (M)[ʿ](n) (k)[... ...]
   4  [... ...] w-ʿḏbt kb(rn) w-ʿ(h)r(hn )w-m[s²qbn ... ...]
   5  [... ...] w-kbrn w-(ʿ)hrhn w-ms²qbn [... ...]
   6  [... ...]ḥrn ywmnt ftḥn w-mṯbtn [... ...]

Apparatus
1Kkwn is a toponym according to the editors.
2(in the middle) Jaussen and Savignac read s¹q[ny] Ns¹m, while RES and Garbini s¹q[nyt] Ns¹m; RES's error of transcription ḫms² (but correctly translated as ḫms¹ "five") has been repeated by Garbini.
3the editors read [... ...]s² (k)l; (M)[ʿ](n) kl [... ...].
6maybe m]ḥrn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 29, w. 35
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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: 294-298, pls LXXVII, CII/28 (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.