M 266+M 265+M 274 B RES 3040+RES 3039+RES 3049; B-M 44
Wissmann 1976 a: fig.16
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The facsimile refers only to M 274 B.
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The facsimile refers only to M 274 B.
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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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ [w-±Wd]m (ʾḏbḥ)m /25/ w-y±wm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq b-ʾḥḍr±h-s¹ ʾḏbḥm /3/ [... ...]
2 [... ... ]ḏ-Yhrq w-b kl ʾlʾlt[ M±ʿn ]w-b Wqhʾl Rym w-bn±-s¹ Ḥfn Ṣdq mlky Mʿn w-b W±ddʾl ḏ-Yfʿn kbr(h)[... ...]
3 [... ...]m w-ʾs¹ṭr-s¹m kl ʾlʾ[lt± Mʿn] w-mlk Mʿn w-Mʿn ± w-ḏ Yṯl bn ḏ-yms³r-s¹m w-(bn) ± ḏ-ys¹fʾy-s¹m w-bn ḏ-[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] when (they?) sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and Wdm 25 victims, and when (they?) sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq during His festivals 3 victims [... ...] 2 [... ... ]ḏ-Yhrq, and by all the gods of Maʿīn and by Wqhʾl Rym and his son Ḥfn Ṣdq, the two kings of Maʿīn, and by Wddʾl ḏ-Yfʿn, kbr of [... ...] 3 [... ...]m and their inscriptions, (to) all the gods of Maʿīn and the king of Maʿīn and Maʿīn and ḏ-Yṯl, against the one who may remove them and against the one who may take them away and against the one who[... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Wissmann 1976 a: 373, fig. 16 (facsimile) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Die Geschichte des Sabäerreichs und der Feldzug des Aelius Gallus. Pages 308–544 in Hildegard Temporini (ed.). Politische Geschichte. (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und der Ferne Osten). Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase (eds), Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. II. 9/1. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter / New York: Walter de Gruyter. |