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Maʿīn 6 M 401
Bron 1998 a: pls 10/b, 11/a
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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription is engraved on the western gate of the town. Several small mistakes in Tawfīq's copy are corrected by Bron. |
TEXT
1 Ḫlyfʿ Fys² s²wʿ Wdm± bn ʾbkrb ʾb Nbṭkrb Rym w-ʾl(rm) Ṣdq s²wʿy Wdm w-bhn-s¹m Ḫlyf±ʿ Rym w-S¹ʿdʾl w-ʾlkrb w-ʿm±s¹mʿ ʾhl Ydʿ s³lʾ w-s¹qny ʿṯtr |
2 ḏ-Qbḍm w-Wdm w-Nkrḥ±m kl mbny mḥfdn Yhr w-ṣḥft-s¹ Rtʿ ʿḍ±m w-tqrm bn ʾs²rs¹ ʿd s²qr±n bn kʾbt ḫlfn ʿd mḥfd s³±lʾ ḏ-Ḥrḍ ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ |
3 ʾrbʿt kbwdt w-kwn± ʾḥd kbwdt ʾrbʿt w-ʾrbʿhy w-ḏbḥ ʾl±ʾltn bqr w-s¹qy b-s¹m kl Mʿ±nm ḥrm w-ʾgrm w-ms²km w-ḍbr± fqḍm w-ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ w-W—
4 dm ʾḏbḥm b-ʾḥḍr±m w-ywm bny w-s³lʾ ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq w-Nkrḥ s²±lṯy ʾmhm b-gnʾ Yṯl tqr±m bn ʾs²rs¹ ʿd s²qrn w-ywm s³l±ʾ w-s¹qny ʾlrm ʿṯtr (ḏ)-Qbḍ ḏ-qny
| 4 | Tawfīq records ʿṯtr w-Qbḍ and Bron accepts the transcription, but it is more probable to restore ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḫlyfʿ Fys², priest of Wdm, son of ʾbkrb, father of Nbṭkrb Rym and ʾlrm Ṣdq, the two priests of Wdm, and their offspring Ḫlyfʿ Rym and S¹ʿdʾl and ʾlkrb and ʿms¹mʿ, of the clan Ydʿ, consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr 2 ḏ-Qbḍm and Wdm and Nkrḥm all the construction of the tower Yhr and of his curtain Rtʿ, of wood and of cut stone, from foundations to top, from the jamb of the door to the tower which ḏ-Ḥrḍ consecrated, when they sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ 3 four contributions - and every contribution (was composed of) forty-four (victims) - and they sacrificed a head of cattle to the gods, and they irrigated, thanks to that, all Maʿīn, free men, servants, salaried employee and the assembly of the officials (?), and when they sacrified to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and to W- 4 dm some victims during the festivals, and when they built and consecrated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and to Nkrḥ thirty cubits in the wall of Yṯl made from cut stone from foundations to top, and when ʾlrm consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr and to Qbḍ what he owns. |
| Bron 1998 a: 6 | 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] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Gate |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 32, w. 680 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City gate |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1956: pl. XXI/a | 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: 43-44, pls 10/b, 11/a | 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] |