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 |
According to B-M 182, M 163/1 completes M 151/1 and M 163/2 completes 151/2 (B-M 182=M 151+M 163). |
1 | In B-M 182 Ysmʿʾl lacks. |
2 | At the end, M 151 integrates b-[ms³wd mnʿm]. |
English | |
1 Ṣdqm, S¹ʿdʾl and Yḥmʾl and their sons Ṣdqʾl, S¹dq, Ys¹mʿʾl, Hnʾ, Rṯd, ʾws¹, Yʾws¹ʾl, S¹mʿ, Mrd, Whbʾl, Tḥy, Bnn, Rṯdʾl and Yḏkrʾl, sons of S¹mʿ ḏ-ʿḏr ḏ-Ḥfn, people of Gbʾn, consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wdm, Nkrḥm and ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq all the construction of the two towers ḏ-Ḥfn and Lbʾn, and the curtain between [... ...] 2 the front façade and the back wall, from foundation to top, and when they offered the offering to Wdm, and when they sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and Wdm during the festivals 40 (victims), and when they sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq during His festival 10 victims, and when ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl Rym appointed (?) Ṣdq and S¹ʿdʾl [... ...] in every (Minean) establishment (?), and when ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl Rym and the assembly of Maʿīn assigned to them [... ...] |
1 | "... ... ont dédié et consacré à ʿṯtr ḏ-Qb[ḍm], à Nkrḥm et à ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq toute la construction des deux saillants ḏ-Ḥfn et Lbʾn et le rentrant qui est entre ..." (Robin). |
2 | "in every (Minaean) establishment" following Beeston, who interprets s¹krb as the verb "to appoint as kabirs". |
Beeston 1975 b: 269-270 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1975. Review of Garbini, Giovanni 1974. Iscrizioni sudarabiche. i. Iscrizioni minee. (Istituto universitario orientale di Napoli. Ricerche, 10). Naples: Istituto universitario orientale. Journal of Semitic Studies, 20: 266-270. |
Robin 1979 b: 104 | Robin, Christian J. 1979. A propos des inscriptions in situ de Barāqish, l'antique Yṯl (Nord-Yemen). Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 9: 102-112. |
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 |