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NAS 4 A
al-ʿAzʿazī 2010: 1721, fig. 3
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 4 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is inscribed inside a rectangular frame, left to NAS 4 B. |
TEXT
1 ʾrḏn Mʿhr |
2 b-ʾḏn ʿm w-ʾn[by]
| The letters m are dextrograde. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾrḏn Mʿhr; 2 by the will of ʿm and ʾnby. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Dimensions | h. 10, w. 22 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Māwīya |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-ʿAzʿazī 2010: 1711-1723, fig. 3 | al-ʿAzʿazī, Nuʿmān Naqš ǧadīd min Taʿizz. Pages 1711-1723 in Dirasāt fī ʿaṯār al-waṭan al-ʿarabī. Tripoli. |
| al-ʿAzʿazī 2013: 3, fig. 3 | al-ʿAzʿazī, Nuʿmān 2013. Naqš ǧadīd min Taʿizz (NAS4). Al-siyāḥa wa-l-ʾaṯār 1. Maǧalla Ğāmiʿa al-Malik Saʿūd, 25: 1-11. |