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MAFRAY-al-Ghayl 1
Robin and al-Ghabbān 2017: 396, fig. 18
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Funerary text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The editors date the inscription back to the III/II c. BC. |
TEXT
1 nfs¹
2 ʾbg—
3 r Mʿ—
4 nyn
5 grby—
6 n f-l ym—
7 ḥl s¹m
8 l-ḏ-(y)nb(s²)
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Monument 2 d’Abgar 3 le Mi- 4 néen, 5 le lapicide. 6 Que soit maudit 7 le nom 8 de qui (l’)exhumerait. |
| Robin and al-Ghabbān 2017: 380, n. 66 | Robin, Christian J. and al-Ghabbān, ʿAlī I. 2017. Une première mention de Madyan dans un texte épigraphique d'Arabie. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 2017/I: 363-396. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece (nfs¹) |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ghayl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb |
| Notes | "Un graffite relativement tardif (IIIe ou IIe s. avant l’ère chrétienne) a été trouvé sur une tombe a priori beaucoup plus ancienne" (Robin and al-Ghabbān 2017, 380). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and al-Ghabbān 2017: 380, n. 66, 396, fig. 18 | Robin, Christian J. and al-Ghabbān, ʿAlī I. 2017. Une première mention de Madyan dans un texte épigraphique d'Arabie. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 2017/I: 363-396. |