CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  [... ... ](w)-(ʾ)ṭbnw-s¹m ʾ(s¹)d ngw ṣlwt b±yth ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ l-ḥgn ḏt [... ...]
   2  [... ... ʾbydʿ Y]ṯʿ w-Wqhʾl Rym mlky Mʿn w-±ms³wd[ M]ʿnm b-ms³wdh mnʿn s²[... ...]
   3  [... ... ʾ]ḏbḥm b-ʾḥḍrm w-ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-±Yhrq [ʾḏ]bḥm b-ʾḥḍrh-s¹ b-ʿṯ[tr ... ...]

Apparatus
1M 237 reads ḏtnʿm.
2B-M 12 reads mlk; at the end of the line, M 237 reads b-ms³wd.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] and their owners, who notified the document for the temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ, as [... ...]
   2  [... ...] ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl Rym kings of Maʿīn and the assembly of [Ma]ʿīn, in the Great Assembly .[... ...]
   3  [... ...] sacrifices during the festivals, and he sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq victims during His festivals, by ʿṯtr [... ...]

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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