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Maʿīn 81 M 311; RES 3333
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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 | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʾlḏr(ʾ)[ ... ...]
2 s¹w Whb[... ... ]
3 [... ... s³]lʾ ḍf[... ...]((Ḍf[... ...]))
| 1 | ʾlḏrḥ (RES); at the end of the line Jamme 1971: 62 integrates [bn]. |
| 3 | according to Jamme 1971: 62, this inscription contains the dedication of a person; he integrates the line 3: s³]lʾ Ḍfḥ[ʾl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125120=1887,0629.23 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 17, w. 16, th. 6 |
| 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
| Pirenne 1956: pl. VIa | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën. |
| Bron 1998 a: 88, pl. 29 | 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] |
| Jamme 1971 b | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |