| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
| Like other inscriptions on the walls of Baraqish, this one cannot be defined merely as a construction text: the construction verbs (note the long expression in l.1: bny w-ʿlly w-ẓwwr) are in coordination with the dedicatory verb s³lʾ. |
| English | |
1 [... ... he?] built, raised, fortified and dedicated to the gods of Maʿīn and Yṯl the tower Nmrn and its curtain Ts²[... ...] 2 [... ...] west of the gate from the lines of the inscription ? of these towers and curtains, those ones (the towers) and those ones (the curtains) of the king (or, of the possession) [... ...] 3 [... ...] from his hand (=his resources), by ʿṯtr S²rqn, ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wdm, Nkrḥm and ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq [... ...] |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |