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Maʿīn 93 C M 392 C


Bron 1998 a: 103-106, 111-112, pls 36-44
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Bron 1998 a: 103-106, 111-112, pls 36-44
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Bron 1998 a: 106-107, 111-112, pls 45-53
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Bron 1998 a: 108-112, pls 54-61
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Bron 1998 a: 110-112, pls 62-68

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 typologyLists 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

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ... ](ʾnṯ)t-s¹ (Nd)mt
   2  [ḥr](t bn )(ḏ)-ʾtm(rt)(((ḏ)ʾt-M(rt))) |
   3  (Ḥ)yw b(n) ʾs¹lm ḏ-(Ẓ)—
   4  (l)w(mn) ḏ-ʾhl Gb[ʾn]
   5  (s¹k)rb w-ḫs³r M[... ...]
   6  (b)n Ġz(t) |
   7  ʾlʿz bn Zyd ḏ-Gl[b]—
   8  n ḏ-ʾhl Mwqh s¹krb
   9  w-ḫs³r Frʿt bn Qtb—
  10  n |
  11  ʾs¹lm bn L(ʿ)s¹m ḏ-Rt—
  12  ʿ ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹krb |
  13  w-ḫs³r Mlkt bn Ġz—
  14  t |
  15  Ys¹mʿʾl bn Whbʾl ḏ-Z—
  16  ʿm ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹krb
  17  w-ḫs³r ʾbrḥm w-S¹lmb—
  18  w bn Ġzt |
  19  Gdn bn Ḥfd ḏ-Ẓlwm—
  20  n ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹krb
  21  w-ḫs³r ʾbbʿ bn Ġzt
  22  Lḥyn bn S¹ʿdʾl ḏ-Yh—
  23  r ḏ-ʾhl Mwqh s¹krb w-ḫ—
  24  s³r Mrʾt bn ʿynʾl |
  25  Ys¹mʿʾl bn Ḏʾb ḏ-Qwm
  26  ḏ-ʾhl Ylqẓ s¹krb w-ḫs³—
  27  r Tḥyw bn Mṣr |
  28  Zydʾl bn Gbnn ḏ-
  29  Bws¹n ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹—
  30  krb w-ḫs³r Lḥyʾb b—
  31  n Ġzt |
  32  ʿbd bn Rʾb ḏ-Ṣmʿ
  33  ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹krb
  34  w-ḫs³r ʾmt S²ms¹ bn
  35  Mṣr |
  36  Ḫmʿ bn Ḥmy ḏ-Ḥmy
  37  ḏ-ʾhl ʾṣrm s¹krb |
  38  w-ḫs³r ʿrbyt bn Qdr
  39  Zydʾl bn ʿbd ḏ-Ẓy—
  40  rn ḏ-ʾhl Mwqh s¹krb |
  41  w-ḫs³r Bdr bn Mṣr
  42  S¹ʿdʾl bn ʾws¹ ḏ-ʿm—
  43  rtʿ ḏ-ʾhl Ylqẓ s¹k—
  44  rb w-ḫs³r Tʿly bn Ġ—
  45  zt Rṯd bn Nʾd ḏ-
  46  ʾws¹n ḏ-ʾhl Ns¹wr
  47  s¹krb w-ḫs³r Bs²mt
  48  bn Ġzt Yʾws¹ʾ—
  49  l bn Frḫ ḏ-Rmḍn |
  50  ḏ-ʾhl Ṯmd s¹krb w-ḫs³—
  51  r Ġny bn Qdr |
  52  Lḥyb bn ʿmḏḫr ḏ-Yfʿn
  53  ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹krb w-ḫs³r
  54  ʾbrḍw bn ʾws¹n |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥyw son of ʾs¹lm ḏ-
   2  Ẓlwmn of the clan Gbʾn
   3  has married and paid the price for M[... ...]
   4  from Ġzt.
The formulaic expression "has married and paid the price for (the fiancée)" is repeated throughout the inscription. Only the names vary.
1-2"his wife Ndmt, free woman of ḏʾt-Mrt".

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 280, w. 35, th. 30
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaʿīn
Ancient siteQrnw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
NotesIt 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).
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CULTURAL NOTES

Maʿīn 93-Maʿīn 98 are long lists of the names of Minaean men and their foreign wives.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 1998 a: 108-112, pls 54-61Bron, 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 1996Lemaire, 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.