| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
| According to B-M 182, M 163/1 completes M 151/1 and M 163/2 completes 151/2 (B-M 182=M 151+M 163). |
| 1 | RES and M read bql[b... ...] instead of blq[... ...], and Nḍḥ instead of Nḍf. |
| English | |
1 [... ...] with the taxes this construction, when he constructed and raised the wall of the town of Qrnw in limestone[... ...] Rdʿ towards (?) Nḍf, the tower Yṯʿn and the two curtains S²bm and S²bm[... ...] 2 [... ...] people of [... ... their dedication] and their inscriptions to ʿṯtr S²rqn, ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wdm, Nkrḥm, ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and the gods of Maʿīn and Yṯl, and the king of Maʿīn [... ...] |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |