Y.90.B.ext 2 YM 26117
de Maigret and Robin 1993: fig. 18
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
- de Maigret and Robin 1993: fig. 18
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY) - Arbach and Audouin 2007: 66
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
GENERAL NOTES
| Arbach and Audouin in 2007 edited YM 26117 as an unpublished inscription of uncertain origin ("Qarnaw or Baraqish"). The measure of the letters is given by Arbach and Audouin. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]w-bhn-s¹m bhny Bs¹(l) ḏ-Mʿ(s¹)[ ... ...]
2 [... ...]wm s³lʾ w-bny b-gnʾ hgr(n)[ Yṯl ... ...]
3 [.. ʾb]yt-s¹m Yʿd w-Ṣdqn (b)-(m )hgrn [... ...]
4 [... W](q)hʾl Rym mlk Mʿn w-rṯd H[... ...]
5 [... ... ]mḥwl-s¹ ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʿṯtr [ḏ-Qbḍ w-Wd w-Nkrḥ]
6 [w-ʾlʾl]t ʾs²ʿbm kl ḏ-ʾlm w-s²ym[m w-ḏ-ḥblm w-ḥ]—
7 [mrm b](n) ḏ-yms³r w-s¹fʾy ʾs¹ṭr-s¹[m ... ...]
| Integrations by Robin. The current reading of the left text on the stone is: | |
| 2 | [... ...] w-bny b-gnʾ [... ...] |
| 3 | [... ... ʾby](t)-s¹m Yʿd w-Ṣdqn [... ...] |
| 4 | [... ... Wqh]ʾl Rym mlk Mʿn w-rṯ[d ... ...] |
| 5 | [... ... mḥ]wl-s¹ ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʿṯ[tr ... ...] |
| 6 | [... ...] ʾs²ʿbm kl ḏ-ʾlm w-(s²y)[mm ... ...] |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and his sons, sons of Bs¹l ḏ-Mʿs¹ [... ...] 2 [... ...] dedicated and built on the walls of the town of Yṯl [... ...] 3 [.. ] their houses Yʿd and Ṣdqn in this very town [... ...] 4 [...] Wqhʾl Rym king of Maʿīn; and H[... ...] committed 5 [....] (?) to ʿṯtr S²rqn, to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ, to Wd, to Nkrḥ 6 and to the tribal gods, all these of (bound by) the god and the patron, the pact and the alliance, 7 against anyone who may remove and damage their inscriptions [... ...] |
| 5 | [....]son enceinte (?) (Robin). |
| de Maigret and Robin 1993 | de Maigret, Alessandro and Robin, Christian J. 1993. Le temple de Nakraḥ à Yathill (aujourd'hui Barāqish), Yémen, résultats des deux premières campagnes de fouilles de la mission italienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 427-496. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 26117 |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Nkrḥ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| de Maigret and Robin 1993: 482-483, fig. 18 | de Maigret, Alessandro and Robin, Christian J. 1993. Le temple de Nakraḥ à Yathill (aujourd'hui Barāqish), Yémen, résultats des deux premières campagnes de fouilles de la mission italienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 427-496. |
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 66, cat. 39 | Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |