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M 366 JSMin 30; RES 3706


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

GENERAL NOTES

This could be a penitential inscription (cf. Ryckmans, Jacques 1972 a)

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]ʾlt[... ...]kbr [... ...]
   2  [... ...]ġ mhn ḫṭʾ (w)-(b)-(hn) [... ...]
   3  [... ...]m b-mḥrmn w-tḍʾ k(b)rn w-ʿhr[hn ... ...]
   4  [... ...] w-wġln b-ʾḏnh ʾlʾlt Mʿn b-ṯw[b... ...]
   5  [... ...]ṯwb-s¹m ṯwb nʿm b-ywmh ʾbkrb [... ...]

Apparatus
2Jaussen and Savignac read s¹[... ...]; RES s¹n[kr ... ...].
3-4for the expression w-tḍʾ ... ... b-ʾḏnh plus theonym, cf. as-Sawdāʾ 20, l.7.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 22, w. 56
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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: 299-301, pls LXXVII, CII/30 (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.
Ryckmans, Jacques 1972 aRyckmans, Jacques 1972. Les confessions publiques sabéennes: le code sud-arabe de pureté rituelle. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 32/1: 1-15.