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Maʿīn 102


Arbach 2011 b: 202-204, figs 4-5

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
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾbydʿ Yfs²
   2  bn Nbṭʾl
   3  mlk Mʿn s³lʾ
   4  Nkrḥ Trʿ
   5  b-ʾḫwt
   6  Ydʿʾl
   7  w-S¹bʾ

Apparatus
4We do not know whether the object of the dedication (Trʿ) is the pillar or a person.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾbydʿ Yfs²
   2  son of Nbṭʾl,
   3  king of Maʿīn, dedicated
   4  to Nkrḥ Trʿ;
   5  by the alliance
   6  of Ydʿʾl
   7  and Sabaʾ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaʿīn
Ancient siteQrnw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Nkrḥ
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CULTURAL NOTES

ʾbydʿ Yfs² son of Nbṭʾl is up to now the first sovereign of Maʿīn bearing the title of "king". He probably reigned at the beginning of the 7th century BC. All the texts on the pillars of the temple are dated to his reign.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach 2011 b: 202-204, figs 4-5Arbach, Mounir 2011. La découverte du temple intra-muros de Nakrah à Maʿîn, l'antique Qarnâ. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 22: 201-214.
Arbach 2013: 16-19, fig. 4Arbach, Mounir 2013. La date d'apparition du royaume de Maʿīn d'après une nouvelle inscription du début du VIIe siècle avant j.-C.. Pages 15-26 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.