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Maʿīn 87 RES 2816; M 71


Bron 1998 a: pl. 33/b

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ]w-bn-s¹[... ...]
   2  [... ... ]w-bhn-s¹[... ...]
   3  [... ...]m ḏ-Wbl(t)[... ...]
   4  [... ... ]Ḥmʿṯt w-[... ...]
   5  [... ...]s¹ w-ʾbʾm[r ... ...]
   6  [... ...]b w-bhn-s¹(m)[ ... ...]
   7  [... ...]y Ys¹mʿʾl [... ...]
   8  [... ...]n ʾhl Bʿd(ʾ)—
   9  [l s³]lʾ ʿṯtr ḏ-
  10  [Qbḍ] ʾl Rṣf S²—
  11  [... ...] [ywm] ḥfr w-[s¹n]—
  12  bṭ w-s¹bḥr w-
  13  [ḍfr] bʾr-s¹m (b)-
  14  bḍʿ Mʿn
  15  s²ʾmn yw[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] and his son [... ...]
   2  [... ...] and his son [... ...]
   3  [... ...]m ḏ-Wblt [... ...]
   4  [... ...] Ḥmʿṯt and [... ...]
   5  [... ...]s¹ and ʾbʾm[r... ...]
   6  [... ...]b and their sons [... ...]
   7  [... ...] of Ys¹mʿʾl [... ...]
   8  [... ...]n of the clan Bʿdʾ-
   9  l dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-
  10  Qbḍ, god of Rṣf,
  11  [... ... ]when they dug,
  12  pierced, bored and
  13  walled their well in
  14  the territory of Maʿīn
  15  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 120, w. 50
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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. 39/82Tawfīq, 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/bPirenne, 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: 96-97, pl. 33/bBron, 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]