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Maʿīn 116
By kind permission of M. Arbach and M. Maraqten
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 | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]( bhny )[.]rm ʾhl Ṣḥb ʾhl S²yʾn s³l[ʾ ... ...]
2 [... ... w-b ḏ-mʾd] bn ʾydwh-s¹m w-yʾmr w-s¹trḍw ʿṯtr ḏ-[Qbḍ ... ...]
3 [... ... ]mṭwt ns²ʾ b-s¹ ʿd s²ʾmt w-mlʾkt ltʾ[k... ...]
4 [... ... w-b ʾ]lʾlt Mʿnm w-Yṯl bn ḏ-ys¹nkr-s¹m w-[... ...]
| 1 | Arbach and Maraqten read: … ] ʾ(.)(h/ḥ)n Ḏ(ḫ)rm. A possible restoration of the patronymic name is Grm. |
| 4 | Arbach and Maraqten's edition: ḏ-s¹nkr-s¹m. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] sons of [.]rm, of the family Ṣḥb, of the family S²yʾn, dedicated [ ... ...] 2 [... ...] from what they have added from their hands (?), and ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ agreed and obtained satisfaction [... ...] 3 [... ...] the expedition they (or, he) carried out for him (?) to the North and the embassy they (or, he) conducted [... ...] 4 [... ... and they (or, he) committed ... ... to the protection of] the gods of Maʿīn and Yathill from anyone who may damage them and [... ...] |
| English | |
1 … ] ʾ(.)(h/ḥ)n, Dha(kh)arum, of the clan of Ṣāḥib, of the clan of Shayʾān has offered to [… … 2 … with that they added] from their property and ʿAthtar ḏū-[Qābiḍ agreed and obtained satisfaction [… … 3 … ] a (trade) expedition which he carried out into the north and the (diplomatic) mission which he carried out as a messenger[… … 4 … and by] the divinities of Maʿīn and Yathill against whoever may damage them and [… … |
| Arbach and Maraqten 2018: 252 | Arbach, Mounir and Maraqten, Mohammed 2018. Notes on the root LʾK “to send” and the term mlʾk “messenger” in the Ancient South Arabian inscriptions. Semitica et Classica, 11: 251-256. 2019/10/14; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.116804. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ |
| Notes | The inscription "was discovered during unscientific excavations in the Yemeni Jawf and the photographs were received from a local from Barāqish (ancient Yathill)" (Arbach and Maraqten 2018: 251-252). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Maraqten 2018: 251-253, fig. 1 | Arbach, Mounir and Maraqten, Mohammed 2018. Notes on the root LʾK “to send” and the term mlʾk “messenger” in the Ancient South Arabian inscriptions. Semitica et Classica, 11: 251-256. 2019/10/14; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.116804. |