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Maʿīn 14 RES 2802 partim; M 57 partim


Bron 1998 a: pl. XVIII/b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  (b)ḍ w-[... ...](m)r Wd w-mrḍwhy ʿ[ṯtr ... ...]
   2  w-b Wdm ḏ-Dwr(n)[ ... ...]y w-b ʾlʾlt Mʿnm[ ... ...]
   3  w-rṯd Whbʾl w-bh(n)-(s¹)[ kl s³]lʾ-s¹m w-ʾs¹ṭr-s¹m (ʿ)[ṯtr ... ...]
   4  w-Yṯl w-(mlk )(Mʿnm)( w)-(M)[ʿnm bn ḏ]-y(fʾs³)-s¹m w-s¹[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] by the command of Wd and the approvals of ʿṯtr [... ...]
   2  and by Wdm ḏ-Dwrn [... ...] and by the gods of Maʿīn [... ...]
   3  and Whbʾl and his sons committed [all] their dedications and their inscriptions to ʿṯtr [... ... to the gods of Maīn ]
   4  and Yathill, and the king of Maʿīn and Maʿīn against anyone who may break them [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 33, w. 203
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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: 55, pl. 18/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]