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    Irene Rossi
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2013-10-01
  • Last revised
    2024-12-016
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-3076
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Maʿīn 10


Bron 1998 a: pl. XVI

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters9.5
Chronology
PeriodB

GENERAL NOTES

This is probably a fragmentary dedicatory text.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ]w-ʿms¹mʿ w-L(ḥyʿṯt) w-W[... ... ]
   2  [... ...] w-ʾl(y)fʿ (Nb)ṭ s²wʿy W(d)[m ... ...]
   3  [... ... n](ḫ)ln (w)[... ...](yt)[... ...]
   4  [... ...]m ywm rtkl Ddn w-Mṣr w-Ṣr w-(Ṣ)[ydn ... ...]
   5  [... ... ʿṯtr ]ḏ-Yhrq w-b Ḥfn Yṯʿ mlk Mʿn w-(b )(ʾb)[... ...]

Apparatus
1w-W[hb...] (Bron 1998).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] ʿms¹mʿ, Lḥyʿṯt and Whb [... ...]
   2  [... ...] and ʾlyfʿ Nbṭ, the two priests of Wd[... ...]
   3  [... ...] the palm groove (?) [... ...]
   4  [... ...] when he traded with Ddn, Egypt, Tyr and Sidon [... ...]
   5  [... ...] ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq, and by Ḥfn Yṯʿ, king of Maʿīn, and by ʾb[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 150
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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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CULTURAL NOTES

This is one of the few texts which mention the faraway destinations of the Minaean trading activities, namely Dedan, Egypt, Tyr and Sidon.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 1998 a: 51-52, pl. 16Bron, 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]
Robin 1994 c: 290, fig. 7Robin, Christian J. 1994. L'Egypte dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie méridionale préislamique. Pages 285-301 in Catherine Berger, Gisele Clerc and Nicolas Grimal (eds). Hommages à Jean Leclant. (Bibliothéque d'étude, 106). Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale.
Robin 1990: 139-140, pl. VRobin, Christian J. 1990. Première mention de Tyr chez les Minéens d'Arabie du Sud. Semitica, 39: 135-147.
Bron 1988: photoBron, François 1988. Les Phéniciens et l'Arabie. Dossiers Histoire et Archéologie, 132: 25.