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Maʿīn 63 Ry 26; M 69; RES 2814
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By kind permission of British Museum
Bron 1998 a: 79-80, pl. 27
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]mr (b)-(ġ)lw[...]( ft)ḥ (w)-(s¹)ṯb s²k-ʾy ywm(h) hn f(t)ḥ Ḥ[... ...]
2 [... ...]n bny w-ġw(ṯ) w-s¹ʿḏb ḏ-ḫbl b-mḥwlh ẓlt bn ʾrḍ ʿ[... ...]
3 (ʾh)l ʾmnhtn bhny Bʾs¹ k-bny ṯʿd-s¹m ʿm Mʿn b(n) mbny[... ...]—
4 nʾy Mʿn b-ybnyn w-s¹ʿḏb ṣlwtn w-mḥwl ẓlt(n) w-(s¹)[..](fs¹) [... ...]
5 w-mḥfdh ḍfw ʾḥly ẓltn l-ʾy ybny ṭ(bn) M(ʿn) [..] (hn) [... ...]—
6 ʾn w-ẓltn w-hm-ʾy (ḏ)-ynḍw ʾ(w) (ḏ)-yḫ(bl)[ ... ...]yw... ...—
7 l w-s²k-ʾy ywmh ʿtn[y] bhny Bʾs¹ b(ny) w-(lġ)n w-(ġ)w(ṯ) [... ...]
8 r(y)mh mḥwln ʿd s³nn hgr s²k-ḏ wfʾ w-l ybtny(n) [..]f[... ...]
9 [..]w-(lġ)n-s¹m s²k-ḏ lġn Mʿn ywmnt ftḥn w-mṯ(btn)[ ... ...]
10 [... ... ](bn) Hwfʾl ḏ-Nyṭ w-s¹twqh s¹m[ʿ... ...]
| 7 | ʿtn[y] (Bron). |
| 8 | The letter g in hgr has been corrected from a previous reading l. l. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] made a judicial decision and established since the day when it was made a judicial decision [... ...] 2 [... ...] constructed and restored and repaired what was ruined on the enclosing wall of the monumental building (?) from the ground [... ...] 3 [... ...] the staff of trustee the clan Bʾs¹ to contruct their share in agreement with Maʿīn in relation to the construction [... ...] 4 [... ...] Maʿīn will construct and repaired the portico and the enclosing wall of the monumental building(?) [... ...] 5 [... ...] and the towers of ... the monumental building(?) may construct the class Ṭbn of Maʿīn [... ...] 6 [... ...] and the monumental building(?) and if someone should destroy or damage [... ...] 7 [... ...] and since the day when the clan Bʾs¹ were charged with the construction and [...] and restoration [... ...] 8 [... ...] upper ends of the enclosing wall into the direction of the town so [...] and may it be constructed [... ...] 9 [... ...] Maʿīn. date of this judical decision and promulgation[... ...] 10 [... ...] son of Hwfʾl ḏ-Nyṭ and was in charge of the application (of this document) as a notary [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125129=1887,0629.26 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 29.5, w. 58.8, th. 13 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 189 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200. |
| Bron 1998 a: 79-80, pl. 27 | 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] |