CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Maʿīn 81 M 311; RES 3333


By kind permission of British Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  ʾlḏr(ʾ)[ ... ...]
   2  s¹w Whb[... ... ]
   3  [... ... s³]lʾ ḍf[... ...]((Ḍf[... ...]))

Apparatus
1ʾlḏrḥ (RES); at the end of the line Jamme 1971: 62 integrates [bn].
3according to Jamme 1971: 62, this inscription contains the dedication of a person; he integrates the line 3: s³]lʾ Ḍfḥ[ʾl.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 125120=1887,0629.23
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 17, w. 16, th. 6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaʿīn
Ancient siteQrnw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1956: pl. VIaPirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën.
Bron 1998 a: 88, pl. 29Bron, 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]
Jamme 1971 bJamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]