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M 370 JSMin 166; RES 3821; Ja 2338


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT

marker


   1  Nḥs¹ṭb
   2  ḏ-Dṯʾ
   3  ṣnʿ Wd
   4  s¹tṭr
   5  ʿl mtbr
   6  ʾwdq

Apparatus
Cf. M 335.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Naḥasṭab,
   2  he of the group Daṯaʾ,
   3  the artisan of Wadd,
   4  has traced
   5  on the quarry
   6  the cuttings
Jamme 1974 b: 103Jamme, Albert W.F. 1974. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250308. [Privately printed]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
Dimensionsh. 50, w. 29
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-ʿUlā
Ancient siteDdn
Geographical areaḤijāz
CountrySaudi Arabia
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 347, pl. CXXVII/166 (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.
Jamme 1974 b: 103-104, pl. 26Jamme, Albert W.F. 1974. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250308. [Privately printed]