Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3 ca. | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
The inscription is a penitential text. |
4 | Ṯwnn (Arbach). The stone is slightly damaged and the reading uncertain, but cf. YM 28980, l.2. |
6-7 | Nkrḥm ṯmhqm (Arbach). |
7-8 | yṭ(l) wr[.]ṯm ṣ[... ...] (Arbach). |
8 | probably s²ʿr bhn-s¹. |
English | |
1 S¹ʿr ʾgr and S¹ʿr 2 Qmyn and Lḥy and 3 Y[..]ʾl and their sons [... ...] 4 [... ...] the clan of Ṯwnn 5 [... ...] and Mʿthn confessed 6 and did penance to Nkrḥ, 7 their Patron, with regards to the fact that they committed sin 8 [... ...] 9 [this confes]sion took place by the command of 10 Nkrḥ [... ...] |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela |
Top | Concave |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 38, w. 20, th. 7.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Barāqish |
Ancient site | Yṯl |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | The epigraph probably comes from the temple Brn, dedicated to Nkrḥ. |
Link to site record |
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 22-23, pl. 5/10 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic] |