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YM 28980
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 54
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]ʿkd bn ṭlyn k-ḏ Nḍf w-k-ḏ S¹—
2 [... ...] /t/ w-k ḏ-Ẓwnn tmrt rb /t/ w-k ʾhl-ʾḍrʾ—
3 [n ... ...] frs³tny mṭs¹tny bn ʿgzn w-k-m mlkn mʾ—
4 [... ...] mʾ-s¹ ṯwrn w-mn yks³w s²dwn bn ḏbḥ w-l yh—
5 [... ...](h)ṯ hlʾw qrs³ b-ws²d w-frḍ s²wbn w-kl ṭly
6 [... ...] (b)-(yḍh)ṯ bn ṯwrn w-qtb-s¹w k-mlk Mʿn ʿṣmn[... ...]
| 1 | ʾs¹d kd bn (Arbach). |
| 2 | w-k ẓwnn tmtr (Arbach). Maybe ʾḍrʾn (with n in l.3; cf. M 381). |
| 3 | bn wgzn (Arbach). |
| 4 | wmn (Arbach). |
| 6 | l-byḍh 8 (Arbach). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] the man was endangered (?) by a sheep, then he nḍf (?) and [... ...] 2 [... ...] four and for the family of ẓwnn counted for him four units of measurement and four of the clan of ʾḍrʾ [... ...] 3 [... ...] the two walls of the fields of wgzn and of the ownership one hundred [... ...] 4 [... ...]one hundred bulls which fill up the irrigated land with the sacrificial [... ...] 5 [... ...] hlʾw food and b-ws²d the entrance of the field and all the sheep [... ...] 6 [... ...] l-byḍh eight of the bulls and their load for the king of Maʿīn ʿṣmn [... ...] |
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 54 | Arbach, 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
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 28980 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 29, w. 68, th. 28 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 54-55, cat. 31 | Arbach, 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] |