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  [... ... ] ʿ(b)d[..]ʾ (ḏ)-[... ...]
   2  [... ...] ʾlʿz ḏ-Fʾmn[ ... ...]
   3  [... ...]b(ḫ) Wddʾl ḏ-F[ʾmn ... ...]
   4  [... ...] Ẓlwmn w-yqn-s¹ ḏ-[... ...]
   5  [... ...]t w-Mrd ḏ-Ẓy[rn ... ...]
   6  [... ...] ḏt ṣḥ(f)[tn ... ...]
   7  [... ...](ʾl ḏn)[... ...]

Apparatus
1[... ...]bn ʿbd(yḥ)ʾ according to the editors.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 26, w. 25
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMadāʾin Ṣāliḥ
Ancient siteḤgrʾ
Geographical areaNorthwest Arabia
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 308-309, pls LXXVIII, CIII/33 (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.