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Maʿīn 33 RES 2772; M 28


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

Halévy's copy. The mention of the god Mtbqbṭ and the dating formulaic expression are typical of the Madhabaean period (period A).

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ]mnwt bny Mḫbbww b-rʿẓ Wd w-Nkrḥ w-Mtbqbṭ b-ywm Yṯʿʾl w-Ḥyw b-kbr Yrfʾ |

Apparatus
1Mordtmann 1897: 16 reads Yrfʾl.
1There is no proof that Yṯʿʾl and Ḥyw were kings (cf. Maʿīn 18); nonetheless, in the Madhabaean period, the dating of the text is conveyed by the typical formulaic expression b-ywm plus the name of the ruling kings. Concerning Yṯʿʾl, see also Maʿīn 43.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] the Treasury (or the priestly class) built Mḫbbww, with the help of Wd, Nkrḥ and Mtbqbṭ, at the time of Yṯʿʾl and Ḥyw, during the kabirate of Yrfʾ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaʿīn
Ancient siteQrnw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 1998 a: 66Bron, 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]
Mordtmann 1897Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1897. Beiträge zur minäischen Epigrafik. (Ergänzungshefte zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, 12. Semitistische Studien). Weimar: E. Felber.