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Maʿīn 93 A M 392 A
Bron 1998 a: 103-106, 111-112, pls 36-44
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Lists of foreign wives |
GENERAL NOTES
| As far as the chronology is concerned, see the contribution by Lemaire 1996 and the summary of the matter in Bron 1998 a: 102-103. |
TEXT
1 [... ...](ṯ)[... ...]
2 [... ... ]ʿs¹lg(t)[ ... ...]
3 [Z](y)d bn Ms¹k[... ...]
4 (G)bʾn s¹krb w-ḫs³r [... ...]
5 bn Yṯrb |
6 Ḥwhm bn Mtʿʾl (ḏ)-(S²)[ʿb]
7 [ḏ-ʾ]hl ʾṣrm s¹krb w-(ḫ)—
8 s³r ʾbhyl bn Ġzt |
9 Yḥmʾl bn Ḥwhm ḏ-Rt—
10 ʿ ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹krb w-
11 ḫs³r Tḫbṯ bn Mṣr
12 Yḥmʾl bn Ḥwhm ḏ-Rtʿ
13 ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹krb w-ḫs³—
14 r S¹glt bn Ġzt |
15 Ḥyw bn Ṣdq ḏ-Ḏ[..] ḏ-ʾh—
16 l Gbʾn s¹krb w-ḫs³r Ms¹[.]y b—
17 n Ġzt |
18 Zydʾl bn Ys¹mʿʾl ḏ-[... ...]
19 ḏ-ʾhl Ylqẓ s¹krb w-ḫs³r ʾ—
20 bs¹[..] bn Tmlḥ
21 Wfd bn ʾws¹ ḏ-S²bʿn ḏ-ʾhl
22 S¹ḥr s¹krb w-ḫs³r ʾbrḥm
23 w-ʾm(t)ʾṯ bn Ġztm
24 ʾws¹m bn S¹mʿ ḏ-ʿdr
25 ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹krb w-ḫ—
26 s³r ʾbhl bn Ġzt
27 Lḥym bn Ḥywn ḏ-Brr ḏ-ʾhl
28 ʾṣrm s¹krb w-ḫs³r ʿdnt bn
29 ʿmn Nbṭʾl bn Lḥyʿṯt ḏ-
30 Ẓhrn ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹krb w-
31 ḫs³r Ḫrs²hnʿmt bn Ddn |
32 ʿbd bn Ḥmy ḏ-ʾṯʾb ḏ-ʾhl
33 ʾṣrm s¹krb w-ḫs³r S²mt bn
34 Ġzt ʾs¹lm bn ʾws¹n ḏ-
35 S³ʾfg ḏ-ʾhl ʿhd s¹krb |
36 w-ḫs³r Znyt bn Ddn |
37 Rbḥm bn Ḥyw ḏ-Yṯmt ḏ-ʾh—
38 l ʿqb s¹krb w-ḫs³r S²ms¹ʿly
39 bn Ġzt
40 Mtʿʾl bn Rṯd ḏ-S²ʿb ḏ-ʾhl ʾṣ—
41 rm s¹krb w-ḫs³r Tḫbṯ bn Ġzt
42 ʾbʾmr bn Mtʿ ḏ-Brr ḏ-ʾhl ʾṣ—
43 rm s¹krb w-ḫs³r Ḥmty bn Ġzt
44 Qms² bn Ḥrm ḏ-S¹qm ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾ—
45 n s¹krb w-ḫs³r S¹lmt bn Ywnm
46 Ḥrm bn Whbʾl ḏ-Rbqn ḏ-ʾhl |
47 Gbʾn s¹krb w-ḫs³r Ḥnt bn Ġ—
48 zt Yḥmʾl bn S¹mʿ ḏ-ʿdr ḏ-ʾhl
49 Gbʾn s¹krb w-ḫs³r ʾbrḥm bn Ġ—
50 zt Yḥmʾl bn ʾws¹ ḏ-Rdʿ ḏ-ʾhl
51 Gbʾn s¹krb w-ḫs³r Ḫtmw bn Ġ—
52 zt Hnʾ bn ʿbd ḏ-S¹qm ḏ-ʾhl G—
53 bʾn s¹krb w-ḫs³r S¹lmbw bn Ġ—
54 zt
55 Whbʾl bn Yḥmʾl ḏ-
56 ʿdr ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹k—
57 rb w-ḫs³r ʾbs¹my b—
58 n Ṣydn
59 S¹lm bn S²kr ḏ-Dbr ḏ-ʾhl
60 Ylqẓ s¹krb w-ḫs³r ʾnṯt-s¹
61 Twdd bn Ḥḍrmt
| 15 | Ḏ[ʾb] (Bron 1998 a: 104) |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥwhm son of Mtʿʾl ḏ-S²ʿb 2 of the clan ʾṣrm married and paid the price 3 for ʾbhyl from Ġzt. |
| The formulaic expression "married and paid the price for (the fiancée)" is repeated throughout the inscription. Only the names vary. | |
| 60-61 | "has married and paid the price for his wife Twdd from Ḥaḍramawt". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 280, w. 35, th. 30 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | It was generally accepted that the inscriptions Maʿīn 93-Maʿīn 98 were in the extra muros temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm. However, Halévy's silence on this topic and the disappearance of the stelae suggested an original location inside the town (Bron 1998 a: 102), which was recently verified when Fontaine and Arbach there found the top of a pillar with an unknown inscription of the same kind (Fontaine and Arbach 2006: 115, fig. 26). |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Maʿīn 93-Maʿīn 98 are long lists of the names of Minaean men and their foreign wives.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 1998 a: 103-106, 111-112, pls 36-44 | Bron, 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] |
| Lemaire 1996 | Lemaire, André 1996. Histoire du Proche-Orient et chronologie sudarabique avant Alexandre. Pages 35-48 in Christian J. Robin and Iwona Gajda (eds). Arabia Antiqua. Early Origins of South Arabian States. Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Conservation and Exploitation of the Archaeological Heritage of the Arabian Peninsula held in the Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome, by IsMEO on 28th-30th May 1991. Rome: Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. |