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Maʿīn 100


Robin, Antonini and Bron 2005-2006: 275-279, fig. 171

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The chronological hypothesis based on the palaeographical analysis (6th-5th century BC) contrasts with the one based on the iconographical studies (before 612 BC, cf. the Neo-Assyrian motifs). The picture envisaged by Robin-Antonini-Bron is threefold: we must recognize, on one hand, the uncertainty of an absolute dating based on palaeography and, on the other hand, the possibility of a posthumous survival of Neo-Assyrian iconography in South Arabia; lastly, we cannot exclude the hypothesis that the inscription is a palimpsest. The inscription could hypothetically be dated to the end of period A/ beginning of period B.

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾs¹lm bn ʿmṣd—
   2  q ḏ-Zl(m)n ʾb M—
   3  tʿn (ḏ)-(ʾh)l Gḥḏ
   4  s³lʾ ʾl Qdhm w-
   5  S²ms¹ Ḥḍr bn-s¹ M—
   6  tʿn krb s¹brr
   7  ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr
   8  ḏ-Qbḍ /2/ b-ywm
   9  Ḫlkrb Ṣdq

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾs¹lm son of ʿmṣdq
   2  ḏ-Zlmn, father of
   3  Mtʿn, of the clan Gḥḏ,
   4  dedicated to ʾl Qdhm and
   5  S²ms¹ Ḥḍr his son
   6  Mtʿn, as obligation from which They released him,
   7  when he sacrificed to ʿṯtr
   8  ḏ-Qbḍ two (victims), at the time of
   9  Ḫlkrb Ṣdq.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
TopConcave
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

The gods ʾl Qdhm and S²ms¹ Ḥḍr appear only here and in Maʿīn 99.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin, Antonini and Bron 2005-2006: 275-279, fig. 171Robin, Christian J., Antonini, Sabina and Bron, François 2005-2006. Nouvelles inscriptions de Maʿīn. Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 3: 273-280.