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 |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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. |