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MṢM 3650


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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 letters8
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Ddḍmd bn ʾbʾmr
   2  ʾb Tbʿkrb ʾḫ Nb—
   3  ṭʿly s³lʾ Mdhww
   4  Rdʿt ywm kbr S¹f—
   5  l((s¹fl)) w-ḏbḥ Mdhww w-Q—
   6  bḍ w-ʿrb mṯʿy ʿṯ—
   7  tr ḏ-Rḥbh w-rḍw-s¹
   8  fnwt w-ʿrb (mṯʿy)
   9  Wd w-rḍw-s¹ (f)[nwt]
  10  w-kw(n) ḏtn ʿs²r b-r—
  11  [ʿẓ N](b)ʿl w-ʾldll
  12  [w-ʿṯtr Ḥ](g)r b-ywm
  13  [... ...]

Apparatus
10First occurrence of an adjectival demonstrative ḏtn in Minaic. As the form is likely a plural, we have here an interesting Qatabanic-Minaic isogloss. Similarly to Qatabanic, Minaic also has sporadic uses of the plural form with ʾl- base (cf. M 239, 2: ʾhlt mḥfdtn).
11ʾldll is also mentioned in Kamna 22, 2.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ddḍmd son ʾbʾmr
   2  father of Tbʿkrb brother of Nbṭʿly
   3  dedicated to Mdhww
   4  Rdʿt, when he was kbr of S¹fl (or: of the plaine)
   5  and made a sacrifice to Mdhww and Qbḍ,
   6  and offered libations to ʿṯtr
   7  ḏu-Rḥbh and satisfied Him
   8  openly, and offered libations
   9  to Wd and satisfied Him openly;
  10  and these tithes were (offered) by the
  11  will of Nbʿl, ʾldll
  12  and ʿṯtr Ḥgr, during the reign of
  13  [... ...]
Prioletta 2014 a: 195Prioletta, Alessia 2014. Nouvelles inscriptions maʿīniques de Kamna au Musée militaire de Ṣanʿāʿ. Semitica et Classica, 7: 191-201.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 3650
Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 118, w. 43, th. 28
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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CULTURAL NOTES

Nbṭʿly (l. 2) is only a royal name in the inscriptions of Kamna; Ddḍmd could therefore be the brother of a king of Kamna (cf. for example Ṣanʿāʾ MM 3630).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Prioletta 2014 a: 194-196, fig. 2Prioletta, Alessia 2014. Nouvelles inscriptions maʿīniques de Kamna au Musée militaire de Ṣanʿāʿ. Semitica et Classica, 7: 191-201.