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Maʿīn 115
Rossi 2023: 160, fig. 2
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 [...bn ..]y ḏ-[..]f ḏ-ʾhl [....]
2 [s¹kr](b) w-ḫs³r ʾnṯt-(s¹) [..]m[ bn—
3 t ..](nʾl)( ḥ)rt bn ʾ(dm)
4 Zyd bn ʾws¹ ḏ-Mḥḍr ḏ-ʾ—
5 hl Ylqẓ s¹krb w-(ḫs³)r ʾ—
6 nṯt-s¹ ʾmtwd bn W(g)ʾ|
7 Whbʾl bn Yḥmʾl (ḏ)-[.]—
8 fr ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn (s¹)[krb]
9 w-ḫs³r ʾrs² bn [... ...]
10 Klb bn Whbʾ(l)[ ḏ-... ...]
11 ḏ-ʾhl Qrn s¹k(r)[b w-ḫs³]—
12 r ʾmt ʿs¹trt((ʾmt w-S¹trt)) b[n ...]—
13 n|
14 S¹lm bn Ḫmʿm ḏ-ʿs²zr
15 ḏ-ʾhl ʿlyʾl s¹krb w-ḫ—
16 s³r Bʿlrdm bn (Rd)mn
17 Ṣbḥm bn Mʾdn ḏ-Nmrm
18 ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹krb w-ḫs³—
19 r Ḫs²t bn Qtbn (Wh)bʾl
20 bn Ġwṯ ḏ-Ḫṣbr ḏ-ʾhl Mwqh s¹kr—
21 b w-ḫs³r Mlkt bn Nthy
22 [... ...] bn Ḥyw ḏ-ʿ(qr)[n ... ...]
23 [... ...] s¹krb w-ḫ[s³r ... ...]
24 [... ... b](n) Ṣyd(n)
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
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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: 159-166, fig. 2 | 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. |