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Maʿīn 88 RES 2817+RES 2818; M 72


Bron 1998 a: pl. 34/a

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  [... ... yw](m)[ ḥ](f)[r]
   2  [w-s¹]bḥr w-ḍfr b-
   3  [..] bʾr-s¹m Ṯmr
   4  b-bḍʿ M(ʿ)n b-ʾm—
   5  r Wd w-gnʾ kl m—
   6  (w)frt-s¹ w-mḥfd-
   7  (s¹) b-ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ
   8  [w-]b Wd w-b Nkrḥ
   9  [w-b] ʿṯt(r)( ḏ)-(Y)hrq
  10  [w-b ]Ḫlkrb Ṣdq m—
  11  [lk] Mʿnm w-b Mʿnm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] when they dug,
   2  pierced and walled
   3  [... ...] their well Ṯmr
   4  in the territory of Maʿīn, by the command
   5  of Wd, and they walled
   6  his cultivated territory and his tower;
   7  by ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ
   8  and by Wd and by Nkrḥ
   9  and by ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq
  10  and by Ḫlkrib Ṣdq,
  11  king of Maʿīn and by Maʿīn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 120, w. 70, th. 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. 40/83Tawfīq, 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/bSchmidt, Jürgen 1982. Der ʿAṯtar-Tempel bei Maʿīn. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 143-152.
Bron 1998 a: 97-98, pl. 34/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]