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Maʿīn 86 RES 2819; M 73


Bron 1998 a: pl. 33/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6.9
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Ms²km bn Ḥwh—
   2  m ḏ-Ḫdmn ḏ-Zl—
   3  tn w-ʾws¹m bn
   4  Bs¹l ḏ-Wkl w-M—
   5  tʿn bn Ḥmm ḏ-
   6  Wkl w-Bs¹l bn |
   7  Lḥyn ḏ-Wkl w-
   8  Ṯny bn ʾbʾn—
   9  s¹ ḏ-Mʿhr w-Mḏ—
  10  kr bn ʿmʾns¹
  11  (ḏ)-Ḥrḍ w-B[...]m
  12  (b)n Ḥmm (ḏ)-(Ḍ)nmn
  13  s³lʾ ʿṯtr (ḏ)-Qb—
  14  ḍ ʾl Rṣ(f)( h)wr—
  15  n Rymt b-ʾlʾl—
  16  t Mʿn w-Yṯl w-
  17  b Ḫlkrb Ṣdq
  18  mlk Mʿn w-b kb—
  19  rh-s¹m Ms²km ḏ-Ḫ—
  20  dmn w-b Mʿnm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ms²km son of Ḥwh-
   2  m ḏ-Ḫdmn ḏ-Zl-
   3  tn, ʾws¹m son of
   4  Bs¹l ḏ-Wkl, M-
   5  tʿn son of Ḥmm ḏ-
   6  Wkl, Bs¹l son of
   7  Lḥyn ḏ-Wkl,
   8  Ṯny son of ʾbʾns¹
   9  ḏ-Mʿhr, Mḏ-
  10  kr son of ʿmʾns¹
  11  ḏ-Ḥrḍ and B[....]m
  12  son of Ḥmm ḏ-Ḍnmn
  13  dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ,
  14  king of Rṣf, the pillar
  15  Rymt, by the gods
  16  of Maʿīn and Yathill and
  17  by Ḫlkrb Ṣdq
  18  king of Maʿīn and by the ka-
  19  bir Ms²km ḏ-Ḫ-
  20  dmn and by Maʿīn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 36, th. 37.5
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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: pls 38-39/79-81Tawfīq, 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.
Pirenne 1956: pl. XXII/d (partim)Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën.
Bron 1998 a: 94-96, pl. 33/aBron, 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]