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DhM 388
By kind permission of GOAM
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 | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is parallel to DhM 384 and seems to have the same author. On the basis of that, we suppose that the lacuna with the dedication verb is at the left side of the stone, probably engraved on another slab. |
TEXT
1 ʿbd bn Fʾr[m ... ... s³lʾ]
2 Nkrḥ bḥtn [... ...]
3 krb s¹brr
| 1 | Fʾr is also attested in MAFRAY-Malāḥā 1, from the surroundings of Baraqish. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbd son of Fʾrm [... ...] dedicated to 2 Nkrḥ the slab [... ...] 3 as obligaton from which He released him. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 388 |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 20, w. 29, th. 8 |
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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. |
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