Y.05.B.B.12
Agostini 2021 a: 156, fig. 3
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- Agostini 2021 a: 156, fig. 3
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY) - Agostini 2011: 51, fig. 2
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | h. 6.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The collation of Y.05.B.B.13 and Y.05.B.B.12 is suggested by Multhoff 2019: 8 on the basis of textual elements (above all, the same dedicant). However, Agostini 2021: 157 remarks that the collation - though possible - is not certain, mainly based on the archaeological context of the two objects: their position suggests to exclude that Y.05.B.B.13 was originally placed above Y.05.B.B.12. |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 w-mḫḍn w-s²rʿtm b-[ʾlʾ]lt Mʿn w-Yṯl w-b mrʾ-[s¹]w Wqhʾ—
2 l Rym w-bn-s¹ ʾws¹ʾl mlky Mʿnm w-b s²ʿbh-s¹ Mʿnm w-ḏ-Y—
3 ṯl w-rṯd Yʾws¹ʾl s³lʾ-s¹ w-ʾs¹ṭr-s¹ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm w-Wd w-Nk—
4 rḥm w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq w-mrʾ-s¹w Wqhʾl w-bn-s¹ ʾws¹ʾl ml—
5 ky Mʿn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 and the concession and rights by the gods of Maʿīn and Yṯl and by his lords Wqhʾl 2 Rym and his son ʾws¹ʾl the two kings of Maʿīn and by his tribe Maʿīn and ḏ-Yṯl; 3 and Yʾws¹ʾl committed his dedication and his inscriptions to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wd, 4 Nkrḥm, ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and his lords Wqhʾl and his son ʾws¹ʾl the 5 two kings of Maʿīn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Architectural element » Panel |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | w. 170 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Qbḍm of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This text attest the co-regency of the king Wqhʾl Rym with his son ʾws¹ʾl. Another co-regency for this king is attested in the Minaic inscriptions, with Ḥfn Ṣdq, but only a third son of Wqhʾl Rym is attested as his successor: ʾbkrb Ṣdq. Agostini 2011 points out that this can be a case of multiple co-regency, probably caused by the premature death of the sons.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Agostini 2011: 51-53, fig. 2 | Agostini, Alessio 2011. Two new inscriptions from the recently excavated temple of ʿAthtar dhū-Qabḍ in Barāqish (Ancient Minaean Yathill). In memoriam Alessandro de Maigret. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 22/1: 48-58. |
| Multhoff 2019: 8, fn. 57 | Multhoff, Anne 2019. Merchant and marauder—The adventures of a Sabaean clansman. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy: 1-24. 2019/11/18; https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12127. |
| Agostini 2021 a: 155-157, fig. 3 | Agostini, 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. |