M 172 RES 2952; B-M 211
Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: pls 52/a,b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] Gbʾn m[w](d)dt (ʾby)dʿ (Yṯ)ʿ w-Wqhʾl R(y)[m mlk]±y Mʿn s³lʾ w-↯(s¹)qny ʿṯtr ḏ-Q(bḍ)[ ... ...]
2 [... ...] ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq b-ʾḥḍrh-s¹ /10/ w-ywm bny mḥfd(n) [L]±bʾn ḏ-ʿnn ḫl(f)↯ hgrn Yṯl blq(m) [... ...]
3 [... ... ]s¹nbṭ bʾr-s¹ Tġl s³n mṭrn Tʿd w-ṣyr ms¹fḥ(t)[-s¹]± w-ywm ʾtm w-↯ṣyr nḫl-s¹w Ḏbʾ[... ...]
4 [... ...]ḍʿh-s¹ w-ywm s¹mḫḍ w-whb ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ ml(k) [M]±ʿn w-Mʿn w-(ḏ)↯ Yṯl ʿms¹mʿ ṣr[... ...]
| 4 | the editors read [... ...](b)ḍʿh-s¹. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] Gbʾn friends of ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl Ry[m the two kings] of Maʿīn consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ[ ... ...] 2 [... ...] ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq during His festivals 10 (victims), and when he constructed the tower [L]bʾn, which is in front of the gate of the town of Yṯl, in stone [... ...] 3 [... ...] he dug his well Tġl up to the rain-watered field Tʿd, and he brought into cultivation his irrigable land, and when he acquired and brought into cultivation his palmgrove Ḏbʾ[... ...] 4 [... ...] and when ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ king of Maʿīn and Maʿīn and ḏ-Yṯl entrusted and gave to ʿms¹mʿ [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: 132, pl. 52/a-b | Müller, Walter W. 1982. Bemerkungen zu einigen von der Yemen-Expedition 1977 des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts aufgenommenen Inschriften aus dem Raum Mārib und Barāqiš. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 129-134. |