Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
2, 3, 7 | Reversed letters ḫ. |
1 | Gnoli reads (kll). |
5 | ys²tn(ʾ) (Gnoli). |
English | |
1 All the clan ... confessed 2 and did penance to Nkrḥ, 3 their patron, regarding the fact that they were guilty, 4 the first ones of them, of what they were 5 conscious of; and because they were enemies between 6 themselves and they were perjury and 7 they saw men seizing someone else's properties. 8 And this confession took place by 9 the command and with the approvals of 10 Nkrḥ, in an oracular response in 11 the gwb. |
This translation follows Gnoli's one, apart from l.3: "giacchè avevano espiato" (Gnoli 1996). |
Gnoli 1996 | Gnoli, Gherardo 1996. Una nuova iscrizione minea di Barāqish sulla confessione dei peccati. Pages 1145-1159 in Enrico Acquaro (ed.). Alle soglie della classicità. Il Mediterraneo tra tradizione e innovazione. Studi in onore di Sabatino Moscati. Pisa: Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 37, w. 22, th. 8.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Barāqish |
Ancient site | Yṯl |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Nkrḥ |
Notes | The object was found during the excavations in the temple. |
Link to site record |
Gnoli 1996: 1145-1159, fig. 1 | Gnoli, Gherardo 1996. Una nuova iscrizione minea di Barāqish sulla confessione dei peccati. Pages 1145-1159 in Enrico Acquaro (ed.). Alle soglie della classicità. Il Mediterraneo tra tradizione e innovazione. Studi in onore di Sabatino Moscati. Pisa: Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali. |