DASI ID: ID: 1
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Pirenne 1956: pl. 30/c Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1ʾlyfʿ Wqh king of Maʿīn and his tribe Maʿīn [... ...] 2entrusted and put under the protection of Rʾb ḏ-Nyṭ, for the part-ownership [... ...] 3this commendation was established as the firmest one among all the commendations [... ...] 4[... ...] goods of ḏ-Nyṭ in this ? [... ...] 5were in charge the priests of the god and the chief of the staff of trustee [... ...]
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 25, w. 57, th. 11.4
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: M 294, RES 3307
Spatial
Site: as-Sawdāʾ, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ns²n
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 125131=1887,0629.27
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