CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Hadeel 1


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  ʾlqwm Ydʿ s²—
   2  wʿ Wdm ḏ-ʿmd
   3  bn ʾbqwm s³lʾ
   4  Nkrḥm Grzm
   5  b-rʿẓ Wdm w-ʿṯ—
   6  tr S²rqn w-ʿṯtr
   7  ḏ-Qbḍm w-Nkrḥ—
   8  m b-ʾḫwt ʾby—
   9  dʿ w-b Mʿnm

TRANSLATIONS

Rossi 2022
English

   1  ʾlqwm Ydʿ, priest
   2  of Wdm ḏ-ʿmd,
   3  son of ʾbqwm, dedicated
   4  to Nkrḥm Grzm,
   5  with the help of Wdm and ʿṯtr
   6  S²rqn and ʿṯtr
   7  ḏ-Qbḍm and Nkrḥm,
   8  with the brotherhood of ʾbydʿ
   9  and by Maʿīn.
Rossi 2022: 314Rossi, 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.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 122.5, w. 32.5, th. 36.7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaʿīn
Ancient siteQrnw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Nkrḥ
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CULTURAL NOTES

History
Ll. 8-9. This text contains one of the three known instances of a celebration of an author’s brotherhood (ʾḫwt) with a king of Maʿīn, i.e. – presumably – with his own king. Cf. Maʿīn 112 and Maʿīn 39 (Rossi 2022: 315).
History
Ll. 8-9. King ʾbydʿ authored the inscription Maʿīn 102, in which his entire name is provided: ʾbydʿ Yfs² son of Nbṭʾl (Rossi 2022: 314).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Ṣilwī 2022al-Ṣilwī, H. Y.. Naqsh maʿīnī jadīd min nuqūsh al-ihdāʾ. al-Ādāb, 23: 407–422.
Rossi 2022: 313-315Rossi, 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.