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  • Editor(s)
    Mounir Arbach
    Alessandra Lombardi
    Alessandra Avanzini
    Irene Rossi
  • First published
    2021-03-13
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-9989
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Jabal Umm al-Jaḏāyiḏ 1 UJadhASA 45


al-Ḥājj 2017: 222, fig. 1
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al-Ḥājj 2017: 222, fig. 1
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Macdonald 2021: 258
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé.
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Nehmé 2021: pl. 15a
Darb al-Bakrah survey, 2004, by kind permission of Laïla Nehmé.

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision

GENERAL NOTES

We thank J. Schiettecatte for pointing out to us that UJadhASA 45 is Jabal Umm al-Jaḏāyiḏ 1 (personal communication, 17/04/2026).

TEXT

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   1  Mṭḫlṣt bnt Ḫṯm
   2  bn-S¹lm Ġlwnyt

Apparatus
1al-Hajj's reading has been accepted.
Macdonald 2021 reads M(ṣ)nlṣt or M(ṭ)nlṣt, commenting "There appears to be a circle on a short stalk above the second letter, similar to that of the ṣ. On the other hand, the three ‘prongs’ of this letter seem to be joined at the base suggesting that it is a ṭ. Neither mṣnlṣt nor mṭnlṣt seems to have been found before in Ancient South or North Arabian".
Macdonald reads Ḫzm instead of Ḫṯm.
2Macdonald (2021): Ġlwn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteUmm Jadhāyidh
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaDarb al-Bakrah
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Ḥājj 2017: 198, fig. 1al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ʿAlī 2017. Nuqūsh musnadiyya min mawqiʿay jabal Umm Jaḏāyiḏ wa-Bajda. Majallat al-H̲alīj li-l-Taʾrīẖ wa-l-Āṯār (The Gulf Journal for History and Archaeology), 12: 195-224.
Macdonald 2021: 258 (photo)Macdonald, Michael C.A. 2021. The Ancient North Arabian and Ancient South Arabian Inscriptions. Pages 227-284 in Laïla Nehmé (ed.). The Darb al-Bakrah: A Caravan Route in North-West Arabia discovered by Ali I. al-Ghabban. Catalogue of the Inscriptions. Riyadh: Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage. 2024/05/22; https://hal.science/hal-02096586.
Nehmé 2021: pl. 15/aNehmé, Laïla (ed.) 2021. The Darb al-Bakrah: A Caravan Route in North-West Arabia discovered by Ali I. al-Ghabban. Catalogue of the Inscriptions. Riyadh: Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage. 2024/05/22; https://hal.science/hal-02096586.