Sabaic Grammar

Emerton, J. A.; Beeston, A. F. L.

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“…The m here could be enclitic, meaning “indeed”. Albeit, the use of mimation in Minaic appears somewhat erratic (Beeston, 1984: 61–62) and this is not certain.…”

Section: The Inscription L 53mentioning

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The Minaeans after Maʿīn? The latest presently dateable Minaic text and the God of Maʿīn

Weimar

2021

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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Historians of Ancient South Arabia have long questioned when the Minaean Kingdom collapsed and when the Minaean people disappeared thereafter. Scholarship presently leans towards dating the fall to sometime in the first century AD with the Minaeans dissipating shortly thereafter. Relevant for the question of the Minaeans’ disappearance is the Minaic RyIIIb stick inscription called L 53, which I decipher here. Based on a new paleographical dating system for RyIIIb inscriptions that I have developed, L 53 appears to date between the first to third centuries AD. This would make it the latest dateable Minaic text and quite possibly place its origins to after the fall of the Kingdom of Maʿīn. The text also contains the first attestations of the first person plural independent pronoun “we” nḥn in Ancient South Arabian in addition to a new divine moniker “the God of Maʿīn” (ʾlh mʿn). L 53 therefore might attest to a continuing Minaean linguistic and religious identity after the fall of their kingdom, which may be corroborated by Ptolemy’s statement that the Minaeans were a “great people” in the second century AD.

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“…The m here could be enclitic, meaning “indeed”. Albeit, the use of mimation in Minaic appears somewhat erratic (Beeston, 1984: 61–62) and this is not certain.…”

Section: The Inscription L 53mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Minaeans after Maʿīn? The latest presently dateable Minaic text and the God of Maʿīn

Weimar

2021

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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“…Therefore, the initial form of Latin Caripeta may be reconstructed as *QRWT. The w could change with y (Beeston 1984: 10; Stein 2003: 29–34) as illustrated by the existence of the forms Taveni (Pliny, Nat. Hist.…”

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Towards the earliest history of Kinda

Bukharin¹

2009

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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In the second century AD Rome could not protect the caravan trade in north‐west Arabia to the south of Dedan with its own military detachments, stationed in Madā’in and al‐’Ulā. Rome seems to have attracted Aksum for the subjugation of the Arab nomads of north‐west Arabia and protection of the ‘Incense Road’. At the end of the second century AD Rome, Aksum and Saba’ shared common interests: Aksum helped Rome to restore peace on the caravan routes, in which Saba’ seemed to have been interested as well, and Rome provided a market for East African and South Arabian products. During the west Arabian campaign, described in the inscription RIÉ 277 (Monumentum Adulitanum II), which is to be dated to the very end of the second century AD, the unnamed Aksumite king, presumably Gadūrat, conquered the lands of Kinaidokolpites and Arrabites. The former name represents a combination of two names, the first of which seems to be derived from the name of Kinda (identification of the entire name with Kinda is taken for ‘somewhat unlikely’ in Retsö 2003: 450, n. 60). The Kinda seem to have been also known in the earlier classical tradition under the name of Kanraitai — the inhabitants of Ghamr dhī‐Kinda — and thus were the most aggressive and dangerous obstacle for the Roman traders on the land routes in north‐west Arabia and in the northern Red Sea in the first–second century AD. The Aksumite invasion forced the resettlement of the Kinda on the other branch of the ‘Incense road’— through modern Qaryat al‐Fāw — and its blockade, consequently followed at the beginning of the third century by the campaigns of the Sabaean king Šā’ir ‘Awtar against them.

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“…Ja 669 [11] Lines 9-16 Transliteration mw/ bn m/ ḏkr m/ wšft w/ ʾl mqh/ km h n m w/ yldn/ lh mw/ bn m/ wyḥyn/ fyh qny nn/ ṣlm m/ wmsnd m/ ṣrf m/ w ṣlm m/ ḏḏ hb n/ wyh sl nn ṯn y/ ṯwrn 12 / bk lwn m/ w lh wfrn n/ ʾṯt hm w/ wbnhm w ʿdy/ mḥrmn/ . .…”

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Women's prohibitions during hajj season in Sabaic inscriptions

Al-Maani

2023

Int. J. Hist.

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This article explores the role of women during Hajj season as depicted in Sabaic inscriptions and Arabic sources. Prior to Islam, women were restricted from participating in Hajj if they were impure. However, Sabaic inscriptions suggest that women did partake in Hajj during the pre-Islamic era, albeit with lesser involvement than men. This discrepancy could be due to the challenging nature of the rituals involved. Additionally, the article covers some of the prohibitions that must be observed during the Hajj, such as refraining from hunting and not harming those carrying weapons. In summary, this article examines the participation of women in Hajj based on Sabaic inscriptions and Arabic sources. It reveals that women were restricted from Hajj if they were impure during the pre-Islamic era, but Sabaic inscriptions suggest that they still participated to some extent. The article also highlights some prohibitions during the Hajj, such as refraining from hunting and not harming those carrying weapons.

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The Minaeans after Maʿīn? The latest presently dateable Minaic text and the God of Maʿīn

The Minaeans after Maʿīn? The latest presently dateable Minaic text and the God of Maʿīn

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Women's prohibitions during hajj season in Sabaic inscriptions

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The Minaeans after Maʿīn? The latest presently dateable Minaic text and the God of Maʿīn

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