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Maʿīn 55 RES 2801; M 56


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

Halévy's copy.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... s³l]ʾ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm kl mbny mʿḏr yl wẓ[... ...]
   2  ṣlwtn bn frʿ frʿ S¹ʿdwd k-ʿṯtr ḏ-[Qbḍm ... ...]—
   3  ʾ ʾbydʿ Rym mlk Mʿn w-rṯd Nhḍ ʿṯtr[ ... ...]
   4  [... ... s³lʾ]-s¹m w-ʾs¹ṭr-s¹m bn ḏ-ynkr-s¹m ymt hgrn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm all the construction of the back wall [... ...]
   2  [... ...] the façade (?) from the firstfruits that S¹ʿdwd offered to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm [... ...]
   3  [... ...] ʾbydʿ Rym, king of Maʿīn; and Nhḍ dedicated to ʿṯtr [... ...]
   4  [... ...] their dedication and their inscriptions against anyone who may damage them, for the duration of the town.

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: 75-76Bron, 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]