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Maʿīn 15 RES 2805+RES 2809; M 60+M 64


Bron 1998 a: pl. 19

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters10.3
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ](Yl)qẓ mwddt Ḥf(n)↯[m Yṯʿ ]w-(ʾl)yfʿ Rym s³lʾ w-s¹qny ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm w-Wdm[ ... ...]
   2  [... ...](y) ṣḥftn b-ʾmr ↯Wd w-mrḍwhy ʾlʾltn ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm w-Wd[m ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] of the clan of Ylqẓ, friend of Ḥfn[m Yṯʿ] and ʾlyfʿ Rym, consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm and Wdm [... ...]
   2  [... ...] this curtain by the command of Wd and the approvals of the gods, when they sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm and to Wdm [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 30, w. 207.6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaʿīn
Ancient siteQrnw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed
NotesRES 2805: near the Eastern gate. RES 2809: reemployed in a wall.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1956: pl. XXII/aPirenne, 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: 56, pl. 19Bron, 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]