Maʿīn 85 Fa 15; RES 2778; M 33
Fakhry 1952: pl. LX; Bron 1998 a: pl. 31
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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 |
TEXT
1 [R]ʾbm w-ʾḫ[h-s¹]
2 [b]hny Ḥmʿṯ(t)[ ḏ-]
3 Rs¹fm ʾhl B[.]—
4 tn s³lʾ ʿṯt[r]
5 ḏ-Qbḍ ʾl Rṣf—
6 m ʿrs³t ywm (w)—
7 [h]b mṯʿyt W(d)—
8 [m] w-ḏbḥ ʿṯt[r]
9 [ḏ-]Qbḍm b-ʾḥḍ[r]-
10 [s¹] ʾḏbḥm /45/
11 w-ywm s³l[ʾ]
12 [ʿ]ṯtr ḏ-(Q)bḍ[m]
13 [ṭ]yb ḍfw mr[k]—
14 [b] ḏ-ʾḥly ṯ[.]—
15 [.] byt ʿṯt(r)[ ḏ-]
16 [Q]bḍ b-ʾlʾl[t M]—
17 [ʿ]nm w-Yṯl[ w-b]-
18 [Ḫ]lkrb Ṣd[q m]—
19 [l]k Mʿnm w-b[ M]—
20 ʿnm
| 1 | Bron: ʾḫ-[s¹w]. |
| 14-15 | M 33 restores ṯ[ʿy]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rʾbm and his brothers, 2 sons of Ḥmʿṯt, ḏ- 3 Rs¹fm, of the clan B[.]- 4 tn, dedicated to ʿṯtr 5 ḏ-Qbḍ, god of Rṣf- 6 m, ʿrs³t, when they of- 7 fered an offer to Wd- 8 m, and they sacrificed to ʿṯtr 9 ḏ-Qbḍm, during his festivals, 10 45 victims, 11 and when they dedicated to 12 ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm 13 gold, covering intended 14 for the decoration of [... ...] 15 of the temple of ʿṯtr ḏ- 16 Qbḍ by the gods of Ma- 17 ʿīn and Yathill and by 18 Ḫlkrb Ṣdq, king 19 of Maʿīn and by Ma- 20 ʿīn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 120, w. 40 |
| 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 | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: iii, pl. LX | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Tawfīq 1951: pl. 40/85 | 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. |
| Schmidt 1982: pl. 60/c | Schmidt, Jürgen 1982. Der ʿAṯtar-Tempel bei Maʿīn. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 143-152. |
| Bron 1998 a: 93-94, pl. 31/b | 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] |