CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

M 253 RES 3028; B-M 23


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT


   1  [... ... ]bn ḏ-ngw b-ṣlwth byth ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ b-Qrnw w-mḥyrth-(s¹)[ ... ...]
   2  [... ...]q w-ʿṯtr Yhr[q w-K](hln)( )(Nbṭ)ʿṯtr w-kl ʾlʾlt Mʿnm w-Y[ṯl ... ...]

Apparatus
According to B-M 23, there is an illegible line above l.1.
2... ḏ-Yhr]q w-ʿṯtr Yhr ....... (hl)n (nb) b-ʿṯtr w-kl ʾlʾlt Mʿnm w-Y[ṯl (RES and Garbini's reading).
]q w-ʿṯtr Yhrq w-tḥgn nbṭ ʿṯtr w-kl ʾlʾlt Mʿnm w-Y[ (B-M 23).
A restoration of Nbṭʿṯtr, whose cult is known in Baraqish, at the middle of the line is plausible, as it combines both previous readings. The restoration of the preceding word might then be Khln (Rossi 2012; cf. M 227).

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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CULTURAL NOTES

Religion
A new study of M 253, comparing the previous readings of the text, reveals a further attestation of the divine epithet Nbṭʿṯtr for the god Khln (cf. Y.92.B.A 28 and M 227).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rossi 2012: 379Rossi, 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.