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Maʿīn 93 D M 392 D
Bron 1998 a: 103-106, 111-112, pls 36-44
Bron 1998 a: 103-106, 111-112, pls 36-44
Bron 1998 a: 106-107, 111-112, pls 45-53
Bron 1998 a: 108-112, pls 54-61
Bron 1998 a: 110-112, pls 62-68
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 Ḥwhm bn Whbʾl ḏ-
2 Qlql ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹—
3 krb w-ḫs³r ʾnṯt-s¹ (M)—
4 lkt bn Ġzt |
5 Rzʿ bn Ḏʾb ḏ-ʾb—
6 wkl ḏ-ʾhl S¹ḥr [s¹]—
7 krb w-ḫs³r Flṭt
8 bn Ddn |
9 ʾlwhb bn Ḥyw ḏ-Nm—
10 ḥn ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹k—
11 rb w-ḫs³r ʾbbʿ b—
12 n Ġzt |
13 Zyd bn Ḥyw ḏ-Nʿm
14 ḏ-ʾhl Ylqẓ s¹krb
15 w-ḫs³r S¹tr bn [N]thy
16 S¹ʿd bn ʾws¹ ḏ-Ḫṯ—
17 ʿ ḏ-ʾhl Gḥḏ s¹krb
18 w-ḫs³r ʾbʿdn bn Ġ—
19 zt ʾs¹lm bn S¹ʿd
20 ḏ-Ḫṯʿ ḏ-ʾhl Gḥḏ s¹—
21 krb w-ḫs³r ʾmy bn
22 Ġzt ʾs¹lm bn S¹—
23 ʿd ḏ-Ḫṯʿ ḏ-ʾhl G—
24 ḥḏ s¹krb w-ḫs³r ʾ—
25 bʿdn bn Ġzt |
26 Ḏḫrn bn Yʾws¹ʾl ḏ-
27 Nmr ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹k—
28 rb w-ḫs³r Nght bn
29 Ġzt Wddʾl bn |
30 ʾs¹lm ḏ-Mḥḍr ḏ-ʾh—
31 l Ylqẓ s¹krb w-ḫ—
32 s³r Yʿy bn Mʾb |
33 S¹lm bn Frḫ ḏ-Bws¹n
34 ḏ-ʾhl Ḥṭṭ s¹krb w-ḫs³—
35 r Mlkt bn Tmlḥ |
36 S¹ʿd bn Ġwṯ ḏ-Rd—
37 ʿ ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn s¹kr—
38 b w-ḫs³r Mrʾt bn
39 Hgr Tym bn ʾws¹
40 ḏ-Fhd ḏ-ʾhl Gbʾn
41 s¹krb w-ḫs³r Mlkt
42 bn Tmlḥ
| 15 | for the restoration of Nthy see the recently published text al-Saʿīd 2009/10-11. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rzʿ son of Ḏʾb ḏ-ʾbwkl 2 of the clan S¹ḥr 3 has married and paid the price for Flṭt 4 from Ddn. |
| The formulaic expression "has married and paid the price for (the fiancée)" is repeated all along the inscription. Only the names vary. | |
| 3-4 | "has married and paid the price for his wife Mlkt from Gaza". |
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: 110-112, pls 62-68 | 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. |