CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT


   1  [... ...]m w-tqrm qdm w-mʿḏr bn ʾs²rs¹ ʿd s²qrn b-kb(wd)[t... ...]
   2  [... ...](h)y ḫrfm /30/ w-ywm bny b-kbr ʿms¹mʿ Brn((Brn)) (b)[... ...]
   3  [... ... ]ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ w-ms³d Mʿn b-ms³wd mnʿn ʿs²rt[... ...]
   4  [... ...]yt ʾhl (ʿ)s¹dn w-ywm ʾtmmn ʿms¹mʿ s²ʿb-s¹ [... ...]

Apparatus
1Possibly, as suggested by the previous editors: [... ... ʿḍ]m
2Beeston integrates [s²lṯh]y.
The editions previous to B-M read: ḫrfhm.
Brn is the name of the sanctuary of Nkrḥ in Yṯl, but here it may refer to another building.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] and in cut stone, the façade and the back wall from foundation to top with the taxes [ ... ...]
   2  [... ...] 30 and when he constructed during the kabirate of ʿms¹mʿ (the construction of) Brn [... ...]
   3  [... ...] ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and the assembly of Maʿīn, in the assembly of Maʿīn ten [... ...]
   4  [... ...] the people of ʿs¹dn, and when ʿms¹mʿ reconciled (?) his tribe [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
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