YM 16724
Schiettecatte and Arbach 2020: Fig. 5
By kind permission of J. Schiettecatte and M. Arbach
By kind permission of J. Schiettecatte and M. Arbach
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 | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Yṯʿʾl Rym bn ʾbkrb mlk Mʿn bny
2 w-s¹ḥdṯ mws¹yt byt Nkrḥ
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Yathaʿʾīl Riyām fils d’Abīkarib roi de Maʿīn a construit 2 et rénové le mws¹yt du temple de Nakraḥ |
| 2 | The editors remark: "mws¹yt, de la racine WS¹Y, ws¹y, hws¹y, s¹yt, attesté en sabéen dans le sens de “charger qqn d’une mission, tâche”. En minéen, le substantif s¹ytn apparaît dans un contexte fragmentaire RÉS 3610/10. D’après le contexte lié aux travaux de construction, mws¹yt désigne une partie du temple". |
| Schiettecatte and Arbach 2020: 279 | Schiettecatte, Jérémie and Arbach, Mounir 2020. La chronologie du royaume de Maʿīn (VIIIe-Ier s. av. J.-C.). Pages 233-284 in I. V. Zaitsev (ed.). Arabian Antiquities. Studies Dedicated to A. Sedov on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday. Moscow: Oriental Literature Publisher. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 16724 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 22, w. 138.5, th. 21 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Nakraḥ |
| Notes | Based on the content, the inscription comes from a temple of Nakraḥ. Three temples of this god are known: at Maʿīn, at Barāqish and at Darb aṣ-Ṣabī. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schiettecatte and Arbach 2020: 278-280, fig. 5 | Schiettecatte, Jérémie and Arbach, Mounir 2020. La chronologie du royaume de Maʿīn (VIIIe-Ier s. av. J.-C.). Pages 233-284 in I. V. Zaitsev (ed.). Arabian Antiquities. Studies Dedicated to A. Sedov on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday. Moscow: Oriental Literature Publisher. |