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  • Editor(s)
    Irene Rossi
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2015-03-13
  • Last revised
    2015-03-13
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-3151
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Maʿīn 89


Bron 1998 a: pl. 34/b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7.5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾdm Wdm s³lʾ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ ʾl Rṣf (k)[l mbny ḫhn]—
   2  yhn b-ʾlʾlt Mʿn w-Yṯl w-b Ḫlkr(b) [Ṣdq mlk M]—
   3  ʿn w-b Yṯʿkrb w-Ḫlyfʿ (s²)[wʿ]y Wd[m ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  The servants of Wdm dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ, god of Rṣf, all [the construction of the two porticos],
   2  by the gods of Maʿīn and Yathill, and by Ḫlkrb Ṣdq king of
   3  Maʿīn and by Yṯʿkrb and Ḫlyfʿ, the two ministers of Wd[m ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 29, w. 123
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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

Schmidt 1982: pl. 60/eSchmidt, Jürgen 1982. Der ʿAṯtar-Tempel bei Maʿīn. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 143-152.
Bron 1998 a: 98-99, pl. 34/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]