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DhM 384
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Palaeographically the style can be defined as post-archaic, as besides archaic features like the closed m, it already shows more recent elements, the acute angles in the letter n in particular. |
TEXT
1 ʿbdm bn Fʾrm ḏ-Gzyn s³l—
2 ʾ Nkrḥ bḥtn krb s¹brr |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbdm son of Fʾrm of Gzyn, de- 2 dicated to Nkrḥ the slab, as obligation from which He released him. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 384 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 35.5, w. 66, th. 16 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jawf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription probably comes from Baraqish. |
| Link to site record |