DASI ID: ID: 3072
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"Bron 1998 a: pls 10/b, 11/a"
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Translations:
1Ḫlyfʿ Fys², priest of Wdm, son of ʾbkrb, father of Nbṭkrb Rym and ʾlrm Ṣdq, the two priests of Wdm, and their offspring Ḫlyfʿ Rym and S¹ʿdʾl and ʾlkrb and ʿms¹mʿ, of the clan Ydʿ, consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr 2ḏ-Qbḍm and Wdm and Nkrḥm all the construction of the tower Yhr and of his curtain Rtʿ, of wood and of cut stone, from foundations to top, from the jamb of the door to the tower which ḏ-Ḥrḍ consecrated, when they sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ 3four contributions - and every contribution (was composed of) forty-four (victims) - and they sacrificed a head of cattle to the gods, and they irrigated, thanks to that, all Maʿīn, free men, servants, salaried employee and the assembly of the officials (?), and when they sacrified to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and to W- 4dm some victims during the festivals, and when they built and consecrated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and to Nkrḥ thirty cubits in the wall of Yṯl made from cut stone from foundations to top, and when ʾlrm consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr and to Qbḍ what he owns.
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure → Gate
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 32, w. 680
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Bull
Part Of Animal Body: Head
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: M 401
Spatial
Site: Maʿīn, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Qrnw
Type of Site: Settlement
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