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Maʿīn 17


Bron 1998 a: 57-58, pl. 20

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.2
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ]ʾhl Mʾws¹ b-frʿ w-ʿs²r dyn-s¹m ḏ-Qbḍ w-ḏ (m)ʾd ywm ḏbḥ ḏ-Q(bḍ)
   2  w-Wdm b-ʾḥḍrm ʾḏbḥm /16/ b-ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ w-Wdm w-Nkrḥm w-(b)
   3  ʾlʾlt Mʿnm w-Yṯl w-b Ḥfnm Yṯʿ w-ʾlyfʿ Rym mlky Mʿn [w]-
   4  rṯd ʾhl Qḥln s³lʾ-s¹m w-ʾs¹ṭr-s¹m ʾlʾlt s¹ṭr b-ḏt gnʾn [bn]
   5  ḏ ys¹nkr-s¹ w-ms³r-s¹ bn mqmh-s¹

Apparatus
There was probably a first line that went lost.
2Bron reads "15".

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ... clan of Mʾws¹, by the firstfruits and the tithe which ḏ-Qbḍ levied on them, and what they added, when they sacrificed to ḏ-Qbḍ
   2  and to Wdm during the festivals 16 victims; by ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ, Wdm, Nkrḥm, and by
   3  the gods of Maʿīn and Yṯl, and by Ḥfnm Yṯʿ and ʾlyfʿ Rym, the two kings of Maʿīn; and
   4  the clan Qḥln committed their dedications and their inscriptions to the gods mentioned on this wall against
   5  anyone who may damage it and remove it from its place.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 37, w. 161
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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: 57-58, pl. 20Bron, 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]