CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Y.05.B.B.14


Agostini 2020: 9, fig. 11
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyLegal text

GENERAL NOTES

According to Agostini, based on the palaeography, the inscription is dated to period C, but a dating to period B cannot be excluded either.

TEXT


   1  b-ts¹ʿ s²hr ḏ-ʿṯtr by—
   2  ḥly w-s²wṣ ḥfnnhn w-m—
   3  ṣrbn bdd ḫrfhn

TRANSLATIONS

Agostini 2020
English

   1  On the (day) 9 of the month dhu-ʿAthtar should be
   2  provided and prepared (?) two ḥfn-objects and the
   3  offering table, over the years.
Agostini 2020: 9Agostini, Alessio 2020. Seasonal offerings among the Minaeans: The case of ancient Yathil. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 31/2: 352-364. 2021/02/25; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aae.12155.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Qbḍm of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2020: 9, fig. 11Agostini, Alessio 2020. Seasonal offerings among the Minaeans: The case of ancient Yathil. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 31/2: 352-364. 2021/02/25; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aae.12155.
Agostini 2021 a: 164-165, fig. 16Agostini, 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.