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M 377 B RES 4053 partim
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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GENERAL NOTES
| M 377 was published as a single inscription, but this might be one of the frequent cases in Minaic of two texts being inscribed on the same support: note the empty space between ll. 3 and 4 of M 377 (i.e. l.3 of M 377 A and l.1 of M 377 B). |
TEXT
1 [... ...] ʿynnhn w-ʾrb mks¹(t)[... ...]
2 [... ... ]lhm ṯwb b-qny b-Ġ(z)[t ... ...]
3 [... ...](yṣ)l ʿ(ẓ)m w-tmṣt bn [... ...]
| 2 | The mention of Gaza had already been recognised in the CSAI and has been proposed also by Bron 2013. |
| 3 | ʿṭm (Mordtmann and Mittwoch); correction by Höfner. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 ... (l'autre fut blessé) à la tête et reçut un coup à la mâchoire ... 2 ... s'il n'est pas revenu avec ses biens à Gaza ... 3 ... l'os sera extrait et le pus pressé ... |
| Bron, as the previous editors, considers M 377 A and B the same text. | |
| 1 | Bron: ...]ʿynnhn: cf. hé. bē(y)n ʿē(y)nayim, "entre les yeux = sur le front". |
| Bron 2013 a: 177-178 | Bron, François 2013. Notes d'épigraphie minéenne. Semitica, 53: 173-178. [Pages 173-174: Une stèle funéraire d'un roi de Maʿīn; pages 175-176: Al-Jawf 04.32; pages 176-178: Une mention méconnue de la ville de Gaza.] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 8973 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 20, w. 30 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 226-227, cat. 166 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Höfner 1936: 107-108 | Höfner, Maria 1936. Zur Interpretation altsüdarabischer Inschriften II. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 77-108. |
| Bron 2013 a: 176-178 | Bron, François 2013. Notes d'épigraphie minéenne. Semitica, 53: 173-178. [Pages 173-174: Une stèle funéraire d'un roi de Maʿīn; pages 175-176: Al-Jawf 04.32; pages 176-178: Une mention méconnue de la ville de Gaza.] |