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Maʿīn 4 RES 2830; M 84


Bron 1998 a: pl. IX/b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLegal text

GENERAL NOTES

Rather than legal, this text could be defined as administrative, as it fixes the location of a point of administrative interest.

TEXT

marker


   1  mʿ(b)r ḏ(n) s¹ṭrn mṣ(bḥ b)l—
   2  wn s¹dṯ ʾmh ʿd s³n ḍrʿ

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Next to this inscription (there is) the office for the tax collection,
   2  six cubits towards the west.
Bron 1998 a: 42-43Bron, 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]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Gate
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 32, w. 90
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaʿīn
Ancient siteQrnw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: City gate
NotesThe inscription is engraved on the western gate of the town.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tawfīq 1951: pl. 21/39Tawfīq, Muḥammad 1951. Aṯār Maʿīn fī Ǧawf al-Yaman. (Les monuments de Maʿîn). (Publications de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire. Études sud-arabiques, 1). ʾal-Qāhira: ʾal-Maʿhad ʾal-ʿIlmī ʾal-Faransī lil- ʾĀthār ʾal-Sharqīyah.
Bron 1991 b: fig. 2Bron, François 1991. Deux inscriptions de la porte ouest de Maʿīn. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 21: 35-40.
Bron 1998 a: 42-43, pl. 9/bBron, 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]