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Maʿīn 114


Rossi 2023: 155, fig. 1
By kind permission of M. Arbach

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLists of foreign wives

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...](t)[... ...]
   2  [... ... ]ʾhl (Ḥ)[... ...]
   3  [... ...](ʾ)nṯt-s¹ (Ḥ)[... ...]
   4  [bn ... ...](w)
   5  [... b](n) Hnʾ ḏ-R—
   6  [.. ḏ-ʾ](h)l Gbʾn s¹—
   7  [krb ](w)-ḫs³r ʾybw
   8  [bn Ġ]zt|
   9  [... ]bn Ḥys¹n ḏ-Mḫ—
  10  [ṣr ](ḏ)-ʾhl Ns¹wr s¹—
  11  [krb] w-ḫs³r ʾmtwd
  12  [bn] Mṣr|
  13  [...]m bn ʿmḏḫr
  14  [ḏ-..]t ḏ-ʾhl Ylq—
  15  [ẓ s¹](k)rb w-ḫs³r S²—
  16  [...] bn Ġzt|
  17  [... ]bn S¹lm ḏ-S¹qm ḏ-
  18  [ʾhl ](G)bʾn s¹krb w-ḫs³—
  19  [r ...] bn Yfʿ Nbṭ bn-L—
  20  [.. ḏ-Ḥ](z)mn ḏ-ʾhl Ns¹wr
  21  [s¹krb w]-ḫs³r ʾmtwd bn
  22  Mṣr
  23  [...]dʿ bn ʿm—
  24  [... ]ḏ-Mrḥb ḏ-
  25  [ʾhl Yl](qẓ)( s¹k)—
  26  [rb w-ḫs³r ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaʿīn
Ancient siteQrnw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
NotesThe inscription was discovered and photographed by M. Arbach at the site in 2009, during the survey of the Jawf region, as part of a UNESCO-sponsored project.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rossi 2023: 154-159, fig. 1Rossi, Irene 2023. Nouvelles listes de femmes étrangères des Minéens et première mention d’Édom en Arabie du Sud. Pages 151-182 in Iwona Gajda and Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet (eds). Arabie – Arabies. Volume offert à Christian Julien Robin par ses collègues, ses élèves et ses amis. Avec la collaboration de Denise Aigle. Paris: Geuthner.