CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

M 182 RES 2962; B-M 224


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT


   1  [... ... ʾ]bydʿ Yṯʿ w-bn-(s¹) [Wqh]ʾl Rym mlky Mʿn s³lʾ (w)-[... ...]
   2  [... ... ṣ]ḥftn b-kbwdtn ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ[ ... ...]
   3  [... ...]m w-mʿḏr ywm ʿs¹y w-bny byt-s¹m Ygr b-hg[rn ... ...]
   4  [... ... mʿ]ḏrh ʾbytt ʾhl Ẓyrn w-Mʾfy b-ts³nnh-s¹m (w)-[... ...]
   5  [... ...s¹f]ʾy bn mqmh-s¹m [... ...]

Apparatus
1B-M 224 integrates N[... ... mwddt ʾ]bydʿ.
4RES reads Yṯrn instead of Ẓyrn.
5The line is present only in B-M 224's edition.

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  [... ...] ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and his son [Wqh]ʾl Rym the two kings of Maʿīn dedicated and [... ...]
   2  [... ...] the curtain with the taxes, when they (?) sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ [ ... ...]
   3  [... ...] and the back wall, when they (?) acquired and constructed their house Ygr in the town [... ...]
   4  [... ...] the back wall of the houses of the people Ẓyrn and Mʾfy, with their boundaries and [... ...]
   5  [... ...] from their place [... ...]

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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