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 | Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
1 | Possibly, as suggested by the previous editors: [... ... ʿḍ]m |
2 | Beeston integrates [s²lṯh]y. The editions previous to B-M read: ḫrfhm. Brn is the name of the sanctuary of Nkrḥ in Yṯl, but here it may refer to another building. |
English | |
1 [... ...] and in cut stone, the façade and the back wall from foundation to top with the taxes [ ... ...] 2 [... ...] 30 and when he constructed during the kabirate of ʿms¹mʿ (the construction of) Brn [... ...] 3 [... ...] ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and the assembly of Maʿīn, in the assembly of Maʿīn ten [... ...] 4 [... ...] the people of ʿs¹dn, and when ʿms¹mʿ reconciled (?) his tribe [... ...] |
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 |