CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Robin 1992 a: pl. XXV/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6.5
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

We hypothetically consider this text Minaic because the inscription al-Kāfir 3, more or less contemporary (cf. the palaeography and the dedication to Mtbnṭyn), is Minaic.
Robin suggests that the text could have a penitential content.

TEXT


   1  [... ...]t [.]s²r( b)-m(nql)[..](s²)[...]th(b) ʿ(d)[... ...]
   2  [... ...](b)lty ʾmr Mtbnṭyn

Apparatus
2Robin: "la seconde ligne suggère qu'une action a été entreprise sans l'accord de la divinité. Ce texte pourrait être, de ce fait, de nature pénitentielle". In fact, the unique attestation of blty in Minaic is in the penitential text YM 10886. In the Minaic corpus there is no comparison for the alternative solution "[q]blty", proposed by Robin.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Container » Basin
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 26, w. 80, th. 50
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Kāfir
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaCentral Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn
NotesThe inscription was found during the survey by the MAFRAY, inside the temple.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 132-133, pl. 25/bRobin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Rossi 2022: 293-294, 484, fig. 55Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.