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Maʿīn 66 RES 2822; M 76
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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| Hal 246, Hal 264 and Hal 265 are probably copies of the same inscription: Hal 246, l. 1 = Hal 264; Hal 246; l. 2 = Hal 265. The edited text is an emended collation of the three. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]t Ḥfnm((Ḥfnm)) (ḏ)r[... ...]
2 [... ...] myt ḥḏqt ṭḍr s²ym[... ...]
| 1-2 | Here are the the original readings by Halévy: Hal 246, l.1: t Ḥfnm (ḏ)r, l.2: ḏ tl(ṭ)ḍr s²ym (emended to ḏ(q)t ṭḍr s²ym) Hal 264: Ḥfnm ḏ Hal 265: |myt ḥḏqt ṭḍr s²ym |
| 1 | Hartmann considers ḏr as ḏ-R[... ...], a name of group; Hommel restores Ḏr[ḥ] as an epithet of Ḥfnm. The former interpretation is the most likely, despite Bron accepting the latter. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 1998 a: 81 | 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] |