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Maʿīn 9 RES 2804; M 59


Bron 1998 a: pl. 15

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 typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  (S¹)mʿm (b)±n ʾws¹ ḏ-Ḥfn ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn ʾb Yḏkrʾl w-Ḥmʿṯt w-ʾlʾw↯(s¹)[ s³l](ʾ)
   2  w-s¹qny ±ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ b-ʿs²r ʿs²r-s¹ w-frʿ frʿ-s¹ bn mḥfdn ʿd ḫṭ↯(ṭ)n b-q—
   3  lḥ (Rd)ʿ±m qdm w-mʿḏr bn ʾs²rs¹ ʿd s²qrn ywm whb mṯʿy Wd w↯-r(ḍw)-s¹
   4  [f](n)wt w-ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ b-ʾ(ḥḍ)[r] ±/7/ b-ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ w-Wd w-Nkrḥ
   5  w-b-ḏ S¹mwy ḏ-R(gm)t((R(gm)t)) w-b-Ḥfn Yṯʿ w-rṯd ±S¹mʿ hqnyt-s¹ ʾlʾlt s¹ṭr b-
   6  gnʾn bn-ḏ yms³r-s¹ w-s¹nkr-s¹ |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹mʿm, son of ʾws¹, ḏ-Ḥfn, of the clan Gbʾn, father of Yḏkrʾl, of Ḥmʿṯt and of ʾlʾws¹, dedicated and
   2  consecrated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ by the tithe that he paid to Him and the firstfruits that he offered Him, from the tower to the boundary that overlooks
   3  Rdʿm, façade wall and back wall, from foundations to top; when he offered offers to Wd and satisfied Him
   4  openly, and when he sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ during the festivals 7 (victims); by ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ, Wd and Nkrḥ,
   5  and by ḏ-S¹mwy ḏu-Rgmt, and by Ḥfn Yṯʿ; S¹mʿ committed his dedication to the gods mentioned
   6  on this wall against anyone who may remove it and damage it.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
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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 walls
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 1998 a: 49-51, pl. 15Bron, 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]
Rossi 2009 aRossi, Irene 2009. Note on Maʿīn 9. 1-2.
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