Y.04.B.B.2.bis
Agostini 2021 a: 167, fig. 19
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
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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TEXT
[... ...]
1 w[.]rn ṯmr w-(t)[..]
2 ḥyw((ḥww)) w-b-hn((w-bhn))[... ...]
3 ʾḏnh Nbṭhʿṯtr
4 wld-s¹m w-ʾḏn-s¹m
5 w-qnh-s¹m w-s³lʾ-s¹m
| Agostini does not record lacunae at the ends of the lines in the transliteration, but does add them in the translation. He highlights that the inscription probably extended on lateral blocks, as the stone was originally part of a wall. However, the consistency of the last lines suggests that the text could be complete at the sides and miss only the beginning. | |
| 2-3 | There are mason's corrections at the beginning of the line, with overwritten second and third letter (y and w). As an alternative interpretation of w-b-hn, we propose to read w-bhn-[s¹m]. The previous word may be the name Ḥyw and the rest of the line, hosting a lacuna, may have contained w-b as the beginning of the 'w-b ʾḏn(h) + theonym' formula. In this case, Nbṭhʿṯtr at l. 3 could be an alternative appellation of the divine entity Khln Nbṭʿṯtr, that is mentioned in other Minaic inscriptions (cf. Rossi 2012). |
TRANSLATIONS
| Italian | |
1 [...] … il raccolto … [...] 2 [...] (?) e poiché [...] 3 [...] l’autorità di Nbṭhʿṯtr [...] 4 [...] i loro figli e la loro autorità [...] 5 [...] e le loro proprietà e la loro dedica. |
| Agostini 2021 a: 168 | Agostini, Alessio 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni. Pages 151-171 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress. |
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ...] 2 Ḥyw (?) and their sons (?) [and they are under (?)] 3 the authority of Nbṭhʿṯtr 4 their sons and their faculties 5 and their properties and their dedication. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Barāqish, Museum, storeroom |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Qbḍm of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Agostini 2021 a: 167-168, fig. 19 | Agostini, Alessio 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni. Pages 151-171 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress. |
| Rossi 2012 | Rossi, Irene 2012. Notes on Minaic epigraphy: reconsideration of some theonyms and divine epithets. Pages 375-386 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art. |