Maʿīn 84 RES 2777; M 32
Bron 1998 a: pl. 32
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 | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Ms²]km bn Ḥwhm
2 [ḏ-Ḫ]dmn ḏ-Zltn
3 [w-Ḥ]ywm bn Hwf
4 [ḏ-.]ynn w-Mʾws¹
5 (b)n ʿms¹ ḏ-Gzyn
6 w-Whbn w-ʾgr b—
7 ny Ṣbḥ ḏ-Mtʿ w-
8 Nbṭ bn Whb ḏ-G—
9 zyn (w)-(ʾ)ws¹n bn
10 [... ...](d)fn s³—
11 [lʾ ʿṯtr ḏ-]Qbḍ
12 [ʾl Rṣf hwr]n ʿ—
13 .s³[. b-ʾlʾl](t) M—
14 ʿn w-[Y](ṯ)[l] (w)-b Ḫ—
15 lkrb (Ṣ)[d]q ml—
16 k Mʿn w-(b k)br—
17 h-s¹m Ms²k[m] ḏ-Ḫ—
18 (d)mn w-b Mʿn(m)
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ms²km son of Ḥwhm 2 ḏ-Ḫdmn ḏ-Zltn, 3 Ḥywm son of Hwf 4 ḏ-[.]ynn, Mʾws¹ 5 son of ʿms¹ ḏ-Gzyn, 6 Whbn and ʾgr 7 son of Ṣbḥ ḏ-Mtʿ, 8 Nbṭ son of Whb ḏ-G- 9 zyn and ʾws¹n son of 10 [... ...] dedicated 11 to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ 12 god of Rṣf, the pillar 13 [... ...] by the gods of Ma- 14 ʿīn and Yathill and by Ḫ- 15 lkrb Ṣdq, king 16 of Maʿīn, and by their kabir 17 Ms²km ḏ-Ḫ- 18 dmn and by Maʿīn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 120, w. 40 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Tawfīq 1951: pl. 40/84 | Tawfīq, Muḥammad 1951. Aṯār Maʿīn fī Ǧawf al-Yaman. (Les monuments de Maʿîn). (Publications de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire. Études sud-arabiques, 1). ʾal-Qāhira: ʾal-Maʿhad ʾal-ʿIlmī ʾal-Faransī lil- ʾĀthār ʾal-Sharqīyah. |
| Schmidt 1982: pl. 60/a | Schmidt, Jürgen 1982. Der ʿAṯtar-Tempel bei Maʿīn. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 143-152. |
| Bron 1998 a: 91-92, pl. 32 | Bron, François 1998. Maʿīn. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 3. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |