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Maʿīn 24 RES 2783/2-3; M 37
Bron 1998 a: pl. 23/b
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 10 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The content of the inscription concerns building activities, but we cannot exclude that this was actually a dedicatory text, as frequently occurs in the inscriptions on the city walls of Maʿīn (see e.g. Maʿīn 1). |
TEXT
1 [... ... ʾn]f mws¹mm w-ʿḍm w-tqrm qdmm w-m(ʿḏrm)[ ... ...]
2 [... ...]hn mbny w-tẓwr mḥfdtn w-rṯd [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] facing wall, of wood and cut stone, on the façade and the back wall [... ...] 2 [... ...] the construction and the wall of the tower, and they committed [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 27, w. 149 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 1998 a: 62, pl. 23/b | Bron, 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] |