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YM 28488 A


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 58

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyLegal text

GENERAL NOTES

Text written above YM 28488 B.

TEXT

marker


   1  b-m ḥg ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ wfʾ ʾb—
   2  krb mlk Mʿn ʿs²q w-ms²qṣ
   3  ḏbḥ ḏ-Qbḍ w-Wd b-ʾḥḍr w-k—
   4  yl kyl ʾlʾlt Mʿn w-kyl |
   5  s²ym ḏ-Qbḍ k-mlk Mʿn |

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  Selon l'ordonnance de ʿAthtar dhū-Qabḍ,
   2  Abīkarib, roi de Maʿīn, a financé (?) l'exécution et le partage
   3  du sacrifice de dhū-Qabḍ et de Wadd durant les fêtes et a
   4  mesuré la part des divinités de Maʿīn et la part
   5  que dhū-Qabḍ a promise au roi de Maʿīn
Bron 2010 b: 43Bron, François 2010. Quelques nouvelles inscriptions du Jawf. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 21: 41-45.

English

   1  So has ordered ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ that has to fund ʾbkrb
   2  king of Maīn the drilling and the ms²qṣ
   3  He must sacrifice to ḏ-Qbḍ and Wd on the holy square
   4  and decorate the divinities of Maʿīn and decorations
   5  have been set for Qbḍ by the king of Maʿīn.
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 58-59Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 28488
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 117.5, w. 64, th. 11.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

For the interpretation of this interesting text and of its parallel YM 28488 B, see Bron 2010 b: 43

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Audouin 2007: 58-59, cat. 33Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic]
Bron 2010 b: 43Bron, François 2010. Quelques nouvelles inscriptions du Jawf. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 21: 41-45.
Rossi 2022: 350-352, 491, fig. 66Rossi, 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.