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Maʿīn 101
Robin, Antonini and Bron 2005-2006: 279-280, fig. 172
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 | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿmḏrʾ bn Yʾws¹—
2 ʾl ḏ-ʿhr w-ḏ-S¹ḥr
3 qyn Wd w-ʿṯtr ḏ-
4 Qbḍ w-Nkrḥ w-ʾl—
5 ʾlt Mʿn w-ʾlyfʿ
6 w-Wqhʾl rs²w S¹ḥr
7 s³lʾ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ w-
8 s¹ḥdṯ mʿmr S¹ḥr b-
9 ʾlʾlt Mʿn w-b-ʾ—
10 lyfʿ w-Wqhʾl
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmḏrʾ son of Yʾws¹ʾl 2 ḏ-ʿhr and ḏ-S¹ḥr, 3 qyn of Wd and ʿṯtr 4 ḏ-Qbḍ and Nkrḥ and the 5 gods of Maʿīn and ʾlyfʿ 6 and Wqhʾl, priest of S¹ḥr, 7 dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and 8 restored the memorial of S¹ḥr; by 9 the gods of Maʿīn and by 10 ʾlyfʿ and Wqhʾl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Instead of the common use of defining the priests with the name of their god, in this text we find the unusual attestation of a priest of a group or, possibly, of an eponymous ancestor (S¹ḥr).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin, Antonini and Bron 2005-2006: 279-280, fig. 172 | Robin, Christian J., Antonini, Sabina and Bron, François 2005-2006. Nouvelles inscriptions de Maʿīn. Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 3: 273-280. |