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MṢM 116
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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 | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]ʾl w-ʿmḏḫr w-Wddʾl w-S¹ʿdʾl w-Zyd w-bn-s¹w Zydʾl w-Zydlh[ ... ...]
2 [... ...]Byʿt w-ḏ ʾṯrh-s¹m w-ʾnṯ-s¹m ʾhl ys¹ḏkrnn k-s¹m w-bhnt-s¹m ʾ[... ...]
3 [... ...]h-s¹ w-ḏ ʾṯrh-s¹m kl ʾḫrm kl-s¹ ymt qbrn w-mn ys¹s²ʾm w-s¹ṭbn[ ... ...]
4 [... ...]ʿ(ṯtr) w-kl ʾlʾlt Mʿn w-Yṯl w-mlk Mʿn w-Mʿn w-s²wʿy Wd w-ġyl Wd bn ḏ-ys¹[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]ʾl, ʿmḏḫr, Wddʾl, S¹ʿdʾl, Zyd and his sons Zydʾl and Zydlh[... ...] 2 [... ...] Byʿt and their descendants and their women, the ones who will be mentioned for them and for their sons [... ...] 3 [... ...] .. and their descendants, all the days to come (?), in its entirety (and) for the duration of the tomb; and whoever sells or transfers [... ...] 4 [... ...] ʿṯtr and all the gods of Maʿīn and Yathill, and the king of Maʿīn and Maʿīn and the two priests of Wd and the "torrent of Wd" ... [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 116 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 82, th. 19.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | On the basis of the mention of "ġyl Wd" it is likely that the inscription comes from Qarnaw. |
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