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MṢM 3634


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.1
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyLegal text

TEXT

marker


   1  [s²](kn) (s¹ṯb) ḏ-Mdhw[w]
   2  w-s³wd-s¹ b-qs³(m)n hn
   3  ṣdq ʾbʾns¹ w-w(ld)-s¹
   4  w-ḏ ʾṯrh-s¹ w-ʾ(ḫ)-s¹(w)
   5  Mrṯd w-Ḥyw w-wld-
   6  s¹mn ʾhl Rmʿl bn
   7  Mrṯd ḏ-Ṣmr bn qm—
   8  t-s¹ w-tʾbyt-s¹ w-bn
   9  ḫwl bn dd-s¹ bn bn—
  10  t Ḏṯṭm ʾ*nṯ*t Ḏt—
  11  ʾt w-ʾḫryt bn k—
  12  l ḏt yd-s¹mn s¹mʿ-s¹
  13  Nbʿl bʿl Ṣyrn w-
  14  Wṯnn

Apparatus
10ʾṯnt in the text.
13-14It is uncertain wheather ṣryn and wṯnn be names of sanctuaries.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Thus prescribed ḏ-Mdhww
   2  and His council (?) in the oracular decision: that ʾbʾns¹
   3  and his sons,
   4  his descendants, his two brothers
   5  Mrṯd and Ḥyw and their
   6  children, those of Rmʿl, claimed proprietorial rights on
   7  Mrṯd of Ṣmr concerning his material
   8  resources and his properties, and concerning
   9  the property (?) of the son of his paternal uncle, of that of the daughter(s) of
  10  Ḏṯṭm wife of Ḏtʾt
  11  and ʾḫryt and all that is
  12  their part-ownership; his witness thereof is
  13  Nbʿl, Master of Ṣyrn and
  14  Wṯnn (lit: "of the cultivated territory and of the boundary").
Prioletta 2014 a: 192Prioletta, Alessia 2014. Nouvelles inscriptions maʿīniques de Kamna au Musée militaire de Ṣanʿāʿ. Semitica et Classica, 7: 191-201.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 3634
Support typeMonumental stela
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 102, w. 40, th. 19
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
NotesThe inscription reasonably comes from Kamna on account of the mentioned divinities.
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CULTURAL NOTES

Ḏṯṭm is said to be the wife of two men.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Prioletta 2014 a: 192-194, fig. 1Prioletta, Alessia 2014. Nouvelles inscriptions maʿīniques de Kamna au Musée militaire de Ṣanʿāʿ. Semitica et Classica, 7: 191-201.