CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Agostini 2021 b: 225, fig. 3
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
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ... ʿṯtr ḏ-Q](b)ḍm w-Wdm w-Nkrḥm w-ʿṯtr ḏ-[Y]h[r]↯q (k)l (mb)ny mḥfdn ḏ-Ndbn ↯w-ṣ(ḥf)tn Tfs² mʿrbt blqm ʾn[f... ...]
   2  [... ... b-ʿṯtr] ḏ-Yhrq w-b ḏt Ns²qm w-b kl ʾ{|}lʾ↯lt Mʿnm w-Yṯl w-b ʾbydʿ↯ Yṯʿ w-bn-s¹ Ḥywm mlky Mʿnm [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

Italian

   1  [e (ha dedicato) ad ʿAthtar dhu-Qa](b)ḍum e a Waddum e a Nakraḥum a ʿAthtar dhu-[Ya]h[ri]q tutta la costruzione della torre dhu-Nabdān e la cortina Tafish, in blocchi di calcare (per) la faccia[ta ...]
   2  [... per ʿAthtar] dhu-Yahriq e per Dhat Nashqum e per tutte le divinità di Maʿīnum e Yathill e per Abīyadaʿ Yathaʿ e suo figlio Ḥayyawum, i due re di Maʿīnum [... ...]
Agostini 2021 b: 225Agostini, Alessio 2021. Lo scavo fuori mura un R44/45 a Barāqish. Le iscrizioni. Pages 224-228 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.

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
FoundReemployed
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2021 b: 224-226, figs 2-4Agostini, Alessio 2021. Lo scavo fuori mura un R44/45 a Barāqish. Le iscrizioni. Pages 224-228 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.