Maʿīn 8 RES 2775; M 30
Bron 1998 a: pl. 14
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [ʾl](s¹m)ʿ (Ḏ)byn (b)n M[lk]krb mlk Ḥḍrmt s¹qny ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm mḥfdhn± (Ḫ)rf mḥfd bn(y) ʿm-s¹ S²h(r)m ʿlhn bn (Y)↯(d)ʿʾl mlk± (Ḥḍ)rm—
2 [t b-ʿ](ṯtr) ḏ-[Qb](ḍm) w-[b S¹]±yn (w)-(b) [W](dm)[ w-b Nkrḥm w-b ʾ]±(ḫ)-s¹ ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ ±mlk Mʿnm w-b s²ʿb-s¹ Mʿnm w-wḍʾ ʾls¹(m)↯[ʿ] b-ʾḏn ʿ(ṯ)±tr ḏ-Q—
3 bḍm w-S¹yn [w-]Wdm w-(Nk)rḥm nfs¹-(s¹) [w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-w](ld)-(s¹) w-[qny]-s¹
| 1 | In RES the text begins with [Mʿd]krb mlk ... At the middle of the line: S²hhrm ʿln bn Ṣdqʾl. |
| 2 | At the beginning: RES reads ʿṯtr S²rqn instead of S¹yn. At the middle: [b-ʾḫwt ʾ]ḫ-s¹. At the end: w-b ʾls¹mʿ instead of w-wḍʾ ʾls¹mʿ; Bron reads: w-b ʾ](ḫh)-s¹, but ʾḫh is a plural. |
| 2-3 | In RES the text ends with b-ʾḏn ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾls¹mʿ Ḏbyn, son of Mlkkrb, king of Ḥaḍramawt, dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm the tower Ḫrf, tower that his uncle S²hrm ʿlhn, son of Ydʿʾl, king of Ḥaḍramawt, built; 2 by ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm and by S¹yn and by Wdm and by Nkrḥm and by his brother ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ, king of Maʿin and by his tribe Maʿin; and ʾls¹mʿ dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Q- 3 bḍm, to S¹yn, to Wdm and to Nkrḥm himself, his faculties, his offspring and his possession. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 40, w. 270 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This text commemorates the dedication to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm by ʾls¹mʿ Ḏbyn son of Mlkkrb king of Ḥḍrmt of some construction activities that were carried out on the walls of Maʿīn by his uncle, S²hrm ʿlhn son of Ydʿʾl king of Ḥḍrmt.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Tawfīq 1951: pls 34-37/71-77 | Tawfīq, Muḥammad 1951. Aṯār Maʿīn fī Ǧawf al-Yaman. (Les monuments de Maʿîn). (Publications de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire. Études sud-arabiques, 1). ʾal-Qāhira: ʾal-Maʿhad ʾal-ʿIlmī ʾal-Faransī lil- ʾĀthār ʾal-Sharqīyah. |
| Pirenne 1956: pl. XXXII/a | Pirenne, 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: 48-49, pl. 14 | 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] |