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Maʿīn 43 RES 2790; M 44


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 typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Halévy's copy.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...ʿ]ṯt bn ʾlydʿ s³l[ʾ ... ...]—
   2  r krb s¹brr b-y(w)m ʾbydʿ w-Yṯʿʾl

Apparatus
2there is no proof that ʾbydʿ and Yṯʿʾl were kings; 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 18 and 33.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] ʿṯt, son of ʾlydʿ, dedicated [... ...]
   2  [... ...] as obligation from which He released him, at the time of ʾbydʿ and Yṯʿʾl.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Bron 1998 a: 71Bron, 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]
Rossi 2022: 300-301Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.