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M 17 RES 2761
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 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The belonging of this inscription to the Minaic corpus is based on Hommel's proposed reading of the central sequence of signs in Halévy's copy as s¹qny. While Yʾws¹ʾl and Mrd are well attested in the Minaic corpus, as well as the spelling of the deity ḏt Ns²q without mimation, few Minaic dedicatory inscriptions feature the verb s¹qny alone instead of s³lʾ, and no other Minaic inscription provides attestation of the word wldm. The inscription comes from Haram, where both languages are attested. The linguistic attribution remains therefore uncertain. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]nʾ Yʾws¹ʾl bny Mrd (s¹q)n(y) ḏt Ns²q wldm w-ʾḏ[bḥm ... ...]
| RES restores H]nʾ Yʾws¹ʾl, and reports in the apparatus Hommel's suggestion of the integration of a w- between the two names. In Halevy's copy, the reading of the verb is very uncertain: |||nh. The interpretation of this sequence of signs as s¹qny is Hommel's. ʾḏ[bḥm is RES's restoration. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and Hnʾ Yʾws¹ʾl sons of Mrd dedicated to ḏt Ns²q the sons and sacrificial victims [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
| Ancient site | Hrm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | This text was recorded as coming from Al-Firʿ (Haram). Robin did not include it among Haram's inscriptions in the first volume of the Inventaire des Inscriptions Sudarabiques. The goddess ḏt Ns²q is never attested in the Haramite corpus; however, this might be one of the few texts from Haram of period B, when the cult of the goddess was spread in the Minaic Jawf (see also M 18). |
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