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Maʿīn 109
Arbach 2011 b: 210-211, figs 13-14
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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| Note the verb rṯd in coordination with the main verb of the inscription s³lʾ (cf. Maʿīn 108). |
TEXT
1 ʾbs¹mʿ bn ʿmʾns¹
2 ḏ-Rkl ḏ-ʾhl Ylqẓ
3 ʾb ʿmydʿ w-ʾlʿz
4 w-Ys¹mʿʾl w-ʾlqdm
5 w-ʿmḍmd w-ʿmḏrʾ
6 w-Ṣbḥhm mwd ʾb—
7 ydʿ s³lʾ w-rṯd
8 Nkrḥ Krbhl ywm
9 ḏbḥ ḏ-Qbḍ |
10 w-ʿrb mṯʿy Wd w-
11 rḍw-s¹ fnwt b-rʿẓ
12 ʾlʾlt Mʿn w-b
13 ḏt-Ḥmym w-b
14 ʾbydʿ
| 8 | we do not know whether the object of the dedication (Krbhl) is the pillar or a person. |
| 9 | according to Arbach, there is a lacuna after the name of the god, in correspondence of the ciphers of the number of sacrifices. However, the stone does not look to be damaged: it seems that the space was originally left empty. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbs¹mʿ son of ʿmʾns¹ 2 ḏ-Rkl of the clan Ylqẓ, 3 father of ʿmydʿ, ʾlʿz, 4 Ys¹mʿʾl, ʾlqdm, 5 ʿmḍmd, ʿmḏrʿ 6 and Ṣbḥhm, friend of ʾbydʿ, 7 dedicated and committed 8 to the protection of Nkrḥ Krbhl, when 9 he sacrificed to ḏ-Qbḍ 10 and made an offering to Wd and 11 (the god) appreciated it openly; by the command of 12 the gods of Maʿīn and by 13 ḏt-Ḥmym and by 14 ʾbydʿ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Nkrḥ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The Sabaean goddess ḏt Ḥmym is mentioned only in three other texts in the Minaic corpus, always during period A: once in YM 30135 from Maʿīn and twice in texts from the temple Hdnn in Haram (here she appears also in the contemporary inscriptions in Sabaic language).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach 2011 b: 210-211, figs 13-14 | Arbach, Mounir 2011. La découverte du temple intra-muros de Nakrah à Maʿîn, l'antique Qarnâ. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 22: 201-214. |
| Rossi 2022: 310-311 | Rossi, 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. |