CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


de Maigret and Robin 1993: 472, ph. 22
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  [ʿms¹mʿ b]n ʾws¹n ḏ-Blḥ kbr Yṯl ḏ-q—
   2  [hlt ʿṯt](r) ḏ-Yhrq ʾb ʿmʾns¹ ḏ-ʾhl
   3  [Gbʾn mw]d ʾbydʿ s³lʾ Nkrḥ s³nf(n)
   4  [ywm bny] mḥfdn Lbʾn ḏ-ʿnn (ḫ)[...]
   5  [... ...] blq ʾnf mws¹m q(d)[m ....]
   6  [... ...]tqr bn ʾs²rs¹ (ʿ)[d s²qrn ... ...]
   7  [... ... ](ḏ)-bytn Brn [... ... ʾ]—
   8  (l)ʾlt Mʿnm w-Yṯl w-b ʾbydʿ Yṯ—
   9  ʿ w-rṯd s¹ṭr-s¹ ʾlʾlt Mʿn w-Yṯl
  10  bn ḏ-ys¹nkr-s¹ w-bn ḏ-ys¹fʾy-s¹m

Apparatus
4Robin "Lbʾn ḏ-ʿnn"; but cfr M 172, l.2.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿms¹mʿ son of ʾws¹n ḏ-Blḥ, kbr of Yṯl, of the con-
   2  gregation of ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq, father of ʿmʾns¹, of the clan
   3  Gbʾn, friend of ʾbydʿ, dedicated to Nkrḥ the gate
   4  when he built the tower Lbʾn which is in front of (?) [... ...]
   5  [... ...] in limestone, the adorned façade on the front [... ...]
   6  [... ...]blocks, from foundations to [the top ... ...]
   7  [... ...] of the temple Brn [... ...]
   8  gods of Maʿīn and Yṯl, and by ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ;
   9  he committed his inscription to the gods of Maʿīn and Yṯl
  10  against the one who may damage it and the one who may remove them.
4Robin "Lbʾn ḏ-ʿnn".

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework (s³nf)
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Nkrḥ
NotesThe object was found during the excavation of the temple.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

de Maigret and Robin 1993: 485-486, 472 (fig. 22)de Maigret, Alessandro and Robin, Christian J. 1993. Le temple de Nakraḥ à Yathill (aujourd'hui Barāqish), Yémen, résultats des deux premières campagnes de fouilles de la mission italienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 427-496.