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Probably to be connected with M 168 B.
1 [... ...]s²wn kwn ʾs¹d ʿmm bṯh mʿmrn w-mn 2 [... ...]wfy (h)ḏmrtn w-hm ys¹tʾyw bʿl hḏmrtn 3 [... ...]s²wn s¹qnyw ʾḥd ṯwr bn ḏbḥn w-mn[... ...] 4 [... ...](ṯ) mbrhn rḍwm ḏ-mbrhn (w)-l ys¹qy[... ...]
Apparatus 0 In B-M 196 another line runs as follows, before l.1: ]r.....s¹ ..w-(s²ʿb)... (w)r.....t. 1 b-ṯh mʿḍrn (ʿ)mn (Beeston 1950 b and 1953 b). 2 ḏmrtn w-hm ys¹tʾyw bʿl s¹ḏmrt (Beeston 1950 b and 1953 b). 3 bn [s¹tʾy]n w-m[ty] (Beeston 1950 b and 1953 b). 4 [w-]s¹q[ny Wd ḏ] (Beeston 1950 b and 1953 b). 5 B-M 196 reads another line after l.4: ]b(n) ḏ(t t.ṭ).ḥ..........(ṯ)[ (where the two ṯ could also be y).
English 1 ... a person who is proclaimed (guilty) by the word of the assembly shall be dealt with in accordance
2 with the verdict. But if they appeal to the Lord of judgement,
3 they must sacrifice one bull in payment for the appeal, and in the event that
4 the decision is favourable in respect of the accused, he must offer [to Wd] ...
Beeston 1953 b : 118-122Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1953. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography V. Le Muséon , 66: 109-122.
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
Beeston 1950 b : 166Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1950. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography II. Le Muséon , 63: 261-268. Beeston 1953 b : 115-122Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1953. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography V. Le Muséon , 66: 109-122.