DhM 393
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Despite an archaic ductus, this inscription, which probably comes from Baraqish, has been dated at phase B mainly for two reasons: the god's name with mimation and the royal epithet Yṯʿ, both elements being absent during the Madhabean period. As the stone is complete, the text portion which is lost was engraved on another slab. |
TEXT
1 Ys¹mʿʾl bn Ḥmʿṯt [... ...]—
2 ʿ bḥtm krb bn-s¹ [... ... Nk]—
3 rḥm nfs¹-s¹ w-kl w[ld-s¹ ... ...]—
4 m Yṯʿ mlk Mʿnm
| 1-2 | possibly [s³lʾ Nkrḥm] followed by a numeral such as ʾrb]ʿ ecc. |
| 2-3 | w-rṯd Nk]rḥm is a likely integration. |
| 3-4 | it could be the king Ḥfnm Yṯʿ (see Bron 1998 a: 14). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ys¹mʿʾl bn Ḥmʿṯt [... ... dedicated to Nkrḥm] 2 [four ?] slabs, as obligation of his son [... ... and he committed to] Nk- 3 rḥm his life and his children [... ... at the time of ... ... Ḥfnm (?)] 4 Yṯʿ, king of Maʿīn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 393 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 51, w. 31, th. 11 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 1998 a | Bron, François 1998. Maʿīn. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 3. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |