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 |
Like other inscriptions on the walls of Baraqish, this is a construction and also a dedicatory text: the dedication verb s³lʾ is in coordination with the construction verb bny. |
1 | The reading Ġzr in B-M 280 instead of Bzr of the previous editions is confirmed by two occurrences of the family Ġzr S¹ḥfn in Y.05.B.B 13. |
English | |
1 Rṯdʾl son of Wddʾl of the family Ġz- 2 r S¹ḥfn, kbr of the servants of the king of Maʿīn, 3 and the servants of the king of Maʿīn dedicated 4 and built the tower Ys²bm. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
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 |
Jamme 1996: 237 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1996. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIX. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A201357#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |