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Maʿīn 44 RES 2791; M 45
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 |
| Textual typology | Legal text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Halévy's copy. |
TEXT
1 k-S¹ʿdʾl bn Ḫld ḏ-Lly rs²wh K[hln ... ...]
2 bd[..]l mhbn[...]kw w-kl nwy qdmh[... ...]
3 ms¹qyt-s¹ bn ʿwd w-bn ḥrtn b-ms¹bʾ [... ... g]—
4 nʾh-s¹ w-mbny(h)-s¹ <b->ʾ(s³)nnh-s¹ gwlm w-l [... ...]—
5 l t(ʿ)ly hn [m]hm (ʿ)k(r) [... ...]
6 b w-ʾhl ṭbn b-ms¹q[y] ngw ḏn (s¹)ṭrn
| 1 | Halévy reads S¹ʿdb{l. |
| 2 | Halévy reads w-kllnwy. |
| 3 | Halévy did not recognise the first two letters b; he added a horizontal bar to the third, read a word separator between the fourth and the preceding s¹ and read an l and a word separator at the end of the line. |
| 4 | Halévy reads wmbnyys¹ ʾtnnhs¹. |
| 4-5 | Bron restores [... ... ʾ]l tʿly. |
| 5 | Halévy reads twly hn [.]hmlwkm. |
| 6 | Halévy reads wbyl; (k)ṭrn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 A S¹ʿdʾl, fils de Ḫld, ḏ-Lly, prṯtre de Khln [... ...] 2 [... ...] et tout le domaine octroyé par devant [... ...] 3 ses terres irriguées, depuis le mur d'ancrage (?) et depuis le canal, avec la conduite [... ...] 4 sa muraille et son édifice, dans ses limites, avec la plénitude des droits de propriété, et [... ...] 5 qu'il ne soit pas violé, quoi qu'on lui oppose [... ...] 6 [... ...] Et ceux qui sont préposés à l'irrigation ont publié cette inscription. |
| Bron 1998 a: 72 | 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] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 1998 a: 71-72 | 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] |