INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural)
GENERAL NOTES
According to B-M, M 169 completes M 172 (M 172+M 169=B-M 211+B-M 204)
TEXT marker
1 [... ... ʿ]ḍm w-tqrm bn ʾs²rs¹ ʿd s²qrn w-ywm k[... ...] 2 [... ...] ḏtyn b-ms¹qyt[... ...] 3 [... ...]t w-ʾrḍ gn[ʾ by]th-s¹ Nʿmn bn ṣlwt [... ...]
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 [... ...] in wood and in stone, from foundation to top and when [... ...]
2 [... ...] in the irrigated lands[... ...]
3 [... ...] and the land that surrounded with a wall his house Nʿmn (?), from the façade (boundary stone ?).
OBJECT INFORMATION ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin 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