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Maʿīn 84 RES 2777; M 32


Bron 1998 a: pl. 32

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [Ms²]km bn Ḥwhm
   2  [ḏ-Ḫ]dmn ḏ-Zltn
   3  [w-Ḥ]ywm bn Hwf
   4  [ḏ-.]ynn w-Mʾws¹
   5  (b)n ʿms¹ ḏ-Gzyn
   6  w-Whbn w-ʾgr b—
   7  ny Ṣbḥ ḏ-Mtʿ w-
   8  Nbṭ bn Whb ḏ-G—
   9  zyn (w)-(ʾ)ws¹n bn
  10  [... ...](d)fn s³—
  11  [lʾ ʿṯtr ḏ-]Qbḍ
  12  [ʾl Rṣf hwr]n ʿ—
  13  .s³[. b-ʾlʾl](t) M—
  14  ʿn w-[Y](ṯ)[l] (w)-b Ḫ—
  15  lkrb (Ṣ)[d]q ml—
  16  k Mʿn w-(b k)br—
  17  h-s¹m Ms²k[m] ḏ-Ḫ—
  18  (d)mn w-b Mʿn(m)

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ms²km son of Ḥwhm
   2  ḏ-Ḫdmn ḏ-Zltn,
   3  Ḥywm son of Hwf
   4  ḏ-[.]ynn, Mʾws¹
   5  son of ʿms¹ ḏ-Gzyn,
   6  Whbn and ʾgr
   7  son of Ṣbḥ ḏ-Mtʿ,
   8  Nbṭ son of Whb ḏ-G-
   9  zyn and ʾws¹n son of
  10  [... ...] dedicated
  11  to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ
  12  god of Rṣf, the pillar
  13  [... ...] by the gods of Ma-
  14  ʿīn and Yathill and by Ḫ-
  15  lkrb Ṣdq, king
  16  of Maʿīn, and by their kabir
  17  Ms²km ḏ-Ḫ-
  18  dmn and by Maʿīn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 120, w. 40
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaʿīn
Ancient siteQrnw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tawfīq 1951: pl. 40/84Tawfīq, Muḥammad 1951. Aṯār Maʿīn fī Ǧawf al-Yaman. (Les monuments de Maʿîn). (Publications de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire. Études sud-arabiques, 1). ʾal-Qāhira: ʾal-Maʿhad ʾal-ʿIlmī ʾal-Faransī lil- ʾĀthār ʾal-Sharqīyah.
Schmidt 1982: pl. 60/aSchmidt, Jürgen 1982. Der ʿAṯtar-Tempel bei Maʿīn. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 143-152.
Bron 1998 a: 91-92, pl. 32Bron, 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]