M 152 RES 2930; B-M 163
Robin 1994 c: 289, fig. 5
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ... Mṣ]r w-ʾʾs²r w-ʿ[br Nhrn ... ...]
2 [... ...]r w-ʾkrb kt[rb ... ...]
3 [... ... ʿṯt]r ḏ-Yhrq w-b[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] in Egypt, in Assyria and in Transeuphratene [...] 2 [... ...] the obligations he incurred [... ...] 3 [... ...] ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq, with [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
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CULTURAL NOTES
This is one of the few texts which mention the faraway destinations of the Minaean trading activities, namely Egypt, Assyria and the Transeuphratene.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1994 c: 289, fig. 5 | Robin, Christian J. 1994. L'Egypte dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie méridionale préislamique. Pages 285-301 in Catherine Berger, Gisele Clerc and Nicolas Grimal (eds). Hommages à Jean Leclant. (Bibliothéque d'étude, 106). Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale. |