CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

M 180 RES 2960; B-M 218; Y.03.B.R44-45.4


Agostini 2021 b: 227, fig. 6
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. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary (conjectural)

GENERAL NOTES

Agostini remarks that the palaeographic style is comparable to that of M 222 and dates the inscription to the 2nd-1st c. BCE, corresponding to DASI's periods B and C.

TEXT


   1  [... ...](ṯ ḏ)-Mrn bnyy w-s¹ḥdṯ mḥf[d... ... ]

Apparatus
1RES reads: bny, but the reading bnyy is confirmed by the MAIRY photograph (Agostini 2021 b).

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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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2021 b: 226-227, fig. 6Agostini, 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.