CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

M 151 RES 2929; B-M 182 partim


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

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).

TEXT


   1  Ṣdqm w-S¹ʿdʾl w-Yḥmʾl w-bhn-s¹m Ṣdqʾl w-Ṣdq w-Ys¹mʿʾl w-Hnʾ w-Rṯd w-ʾws¹ w-Yʾws¹ʾl w-S¹mʿ w-Mrd w-Whbʾl w-Tḥy w-Bnn w-Rṯdʾl w-Yḏkrʾl bhny S¹mʿ ḏ-ʿdr ḏ-Ḥf(n)( ʾhl )(G)bʾn s³lʾ w-s¹qny ʿṯtr ḏ-Qb[ḍm w-Wdm ]w-Nkrḥm w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq kl mbny mḥfdnhn ḏ-Ḥfn w-Lbʾ±n w-ṣḥft byn [... ...]
   2  qdmm w-mʿḏrm bn ʾs²rs¹ ʿd s²qrn w-ywm whb mṯʿyt Wdm w-ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ w-Wdm b-ʾḥḍr /40/ w-ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq b-ḥḍr-s¹ ʾḏbḥm /10/ w-ywm s¹krb ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ w-Wqhʾl Rym Ṣdq w-S¹ʿd[ʾl ... ...]±nm b-kl mntḫn w-ywm s¹ṯb k-s¹m ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ w-Wqhʾl Rym w-ms³d Mʿn b-[... ...]

Apparatus
1In B-M 182 Ysmʿʾl lacks.
2At the end, M 151 integrates b-[ms³wd mnʿm].

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  Ṣdqm, S¹ʿdʾl and Yḥmʾl and their sons Ṣdqʾl, S¹dq, Ys¹mʿʾl, Hnʾ, Rṯd, ʾws¹, Yʾws¹ʾl, S¹mʿ, Mrd, Whbʾl, Tḥy, Bnn, Rṯdʾl and Yḏkrʾl, sons of S¹mʿ ḏ-ʿḏr ḏ-Ḥfn, people of Gbʾn, consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wdm, Nkrḥm and ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq all the construction of the two towers ḏ-Ḥfn and Lbʾn, and the curtain between [... ...]
   2  the front façade and the back wall, from foundation to top, and when they offered the offering to Wdm, and when they sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and Wdm during the festivals 40 (victims), and when they sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq during His festival 10 victims, and when ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl Rym appointed (?) Ṣdq and S¹ʿdʾl [... ...] in every (Minean) establishment (?), and when ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl Rym and the assembly of Maʿīn assigned to them [... ...]
1"... ... ont dédié et consacré à ʿṯtr ḏ-Qb[ḍm], à Nkrḥm et à ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq toute la construction des deux saillants ḏ-Ḥfn et Lbʾn et le rentrant qui est entre ..." (Robin).
2"in every (Minaean) establishment" following Beeston, who interprets s¹krb as the verb "to appoint as kabirs".
Beeston 1975 b: 269-270Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1975. Review of Garbini, Giovanni 1974. Iscrizioni sudarabiche. i. Iscrizioni minee. (Istituto universitario orientale di Napoli. Ricerche, 10). Naples: Istituto universitario orientale. Journal of Semitic Studies, 20: 266-270.
Robin 1979 b: 104Robin, Christian J. 1979. A propos des inscriptions in situ de Barāqish, l'antique Yṯl (Nord-Yemen). Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 9: 102-112.

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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