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MQ-ʿAlma 3


Gajda and Bron 2017: 206, fig. 13

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters8.5
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  (b)[...]
   2  b w-ḍr (ḏ)-[Ḫ]—
   3  lrtʿ hʿ—
   4  d-hw ʾbḍ—
   5  ʿ mʾtm ʾ—
   6  ʿmdm ʿly
   7  (w)dn-hw w-ms²s²-h[w] [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  …
   2  .. et la guerre (?), dhū[-Kha]=
   3  lrataʿ lui est revenu (?), les territoires de
   4  cent
   5  ceps de vigne, et ensuite (?)
   6  il l’a arrosé et planté […
Gajda and Bron 2017: 206Gajda, Iwona and Bron, François 2017. Les inscriptions sudarabiques découvertes dans le wādī ʿAlma. Semitica et Classica, 10: 195-213. 2019/04/03; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.114954.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
Dimensionsh.70, w.74
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteUnknown (wādī ʿAlma)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī ʿAlma
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gajda and Bron 2017: 205-206, fig. 13Gajda, Iwona and Bron, François 2017. Les inscriptions sudarabiques découvertes dans le wādī ʿAlma. Semitica et Classica, 10: 195-213. 2019/04/03; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.114954.