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Maʿīn 106


Arbach 2011 b: 207-208, fig. 9

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 - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Only the top of the pillar is visible, as it is still partly covered by the earth.

TEXT

marker


   1  ʿmʿhr bn Bʿṯ—
   2  tr ḏ-Nmr ʾb ʿm—
   3  ḏḫr w-ʾbʾ(mr)[ w]-
   4  ʾ(lʿz)[... ...]

Apparatus
2-3ʿmḏkr (Arbach).
4Arbach reads a b as the second letter.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿmʿhr son of Bʿṯtr
   2  ḏ-Nmr, father of ʿmḏḫr,
   3  ʾbʾmr and
   4  ʾlʿz [... ...]

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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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach 2011 b: 207-208, fig. 9Arbach, Mounir 2011. La découverte du temple intra-muros de Nakrah à Maʿîn, l'antique Qarnâ. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 22: 201-214.
Rossi 2022: 306-307Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.