MAFSN_SSA 2.66
Text Information
- Siglum
- MAFSN_SSA 2.66
- Transliteration
-
ʾhlḥmq
Al-Jallad and Prioletta (2026)
- Translation
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ʾhlḥmq
Al-Jallad and Prioletta (2026)
- Language and Script
- Himaitic Curvilinear
Interpretation
- Commentary
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This inscription contains the first letter family of the South Semitic script. Interestingly, the present version adds an alif before the initial sequence, producing the word ʾhl 'family.' A similar phenomenon is encountered in ELHT Wādī al-Zaydāniyyah Tay 19. For an interpretation of this phenomenon, see Al-Jallad and Prioletta (2026).
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- Al-Jallad and Prioletta (2026)
- Field Collector
- MAFSN
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Right to left
- Associated Drawings
- Camel
- Al-Jallad, A. and Prioletta, A. Halḥamaq: The South Semitic Letter Families. Journal of Semitic Studies, 2026.
- [MAFSN_SSA] Inscriptions documented at Wādī Shasʿāʾ by the MAFSN mission
- Site
- Wādī Shasʿāʾ, Najran Province, Saudi Arabia
- Date Found
- 2020
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- ABC
Updated
21 Jun, 2026
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'MAFSN_SSA 2.66,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 21 Jun, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46321. Accessed: 29 Jul, 2026.