Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 ʾbkrb Rym son of ʾlmydʿ 2 king of Maʿīn and Maʿīn confessed to Wd 3 because he broke the truce of Maʿīn and the tribal 4 coalition s¹nḥy of the valley and the assembly 5 and in order to be forgiven Wd 6 was sent a man and then granted rain to the territory 7 of Maʿīn and fulfilled his promises to the valley 8 and apologised and confessed to Wd for what happened 9 in the valley and to the assembly in time of war and in time of 10 peace. |
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 52 | Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 26106 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Top | Concave |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 124, w. 61, th. 13.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maʿīn |
Ancient site | Qrnw |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | : The inscription may also come from Yṯl (Baraqish). |
Link to site record |
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 52-53, cat. 30 | Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |