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M 367 JSMin 31; RES 3707


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  (ʿ)s¹ʾ dbr gwʾ
   2  Wqhʾl Nbṭ mlk
   3  Mʿn ymt ʿrb h—
   4  grn Qrnw b-kbr
   5  Hnʾ Fʾmn w-ḏbḥ
   6  ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ ʿs¹t
   7  ḥ(r)

Apparatus
The syntax of the text is quite unusual. It is probable that some beginning lines, containing the names of the subjects, lack (see Ghul 1959 b: 437).
Dextrograde letters ʾ and n (except the ʾ in Fʾmn, l.5).
7an empty space at the beginning of the line? Uncertain reading: letter r or f.

TRANSLATIONS

German

   1  Steine gebrochen hat, ins Innere vorgedrungen ist, in die Tiefe (des Steinbruches) eingedrungen ist
   2  Wqhʾl Nbṭ, der König
   3  von Maʿīn in den Tagen, da er aus Quadersteinen baute die
   4  Stadt Qrnw unter dem Kabīr
   5  Hnʾ Fʾmn; und er opferte
   6  dem ʿAṯtar von Qbḍ elf
   7  .......
Höfner 1936: 78Höfner, Maria 1936. Zur Interpretation altsüdarabischer Inschriften II. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 77-108.

English

   1  (So and so) dug (cut out) the channels (or, the beds for seed-produce) of the levelled land
   2  of Wqhʾl Nbṭ, the king
   3  of Maʿīn, when he was (or, they were) away in the
   4  town Qarnāw.
al-Ghūl 1959 b: 437al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA. 1959. New Qatabāni Inscriptions - II. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22: 419-438.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
MaterialRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-ʿUlā (The inscription is engraved in the southern area of the Jabal Khuraybah cliff, in an ancient quarry, at a height of 15 m.)
Ancient siteDdn
Geographical areaḤijāz
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 301-304, pl. CIII/31 (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.
al-Ghūl 1959 bal-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA. 1959. New Qatabāni Inscriptions - II. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22: 419-438.