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Maʿīn 114
Rossi 2023: 155, fig. 1
By kind permission of M. Arbach
By kind permission of M. Arbach
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Lists of foreign wives |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...](t)[... ...]
2 [... ... ]ʾhl
3 [... ...](ʾ)nṯt-s¹ (Ḥ)[... ...]
4 [bn
5 [... b](n) Hnʾ ḏ- ḏ-ʾ](h)l s¹—
7 [krb ](w)-ḫs³r ʾybw
8 [bn ]|
9 [... ]bn Ḥys¹n ḏ-[ ](ḏ)-ʾhl s¹—
11 [krb] w-ḫs³r ʾmtwd
12 [bn] |
13 [...]m bn ʿmḏḫr
14 [ḏ- ḏ-ʾhl [ s¹](k)rb w-ḫs³r S²—
16 [...] bn |
17 [... ]bn S¹lm ḏ- ḏ-
18 [ʾhl ] s¹krb w-ḫs³—
19 [r ...] bn Nbṭ bn-L—
20 [.. ḏ- ḏ-ʾhl
21 [s¹krb w]-ḫs³r ʾmtwd bn
22
23 [...]dʿ bn ʿm—
24 [... ]ḏ- ḏ-
25 [ʾhl ( s¹k)—
26 [rb w-ḫs³r ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Notes | The 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. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rossi 2023: 154-159, fig. 1 | Rossi, 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. |