Y.03.B.R44-45.3
Agostini 2021 b: 226, fig. 5
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
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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GENERAL NOTES
| This inscription is placed next to Y.03.B.R44-45.2. Both are fragmentary, but Agostini remarks that they appear to belong to separate inscriptions. However, based on palaeography, Agostini suggests that also Y.03.B.R44-45.3 is dated to the reign of ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ (cf. Y.03.B.R44-45.2bis + Y.03.B.R44-45.2ter + Y.03.B.R44-45.2). This is historically relevant, as Y.03.B.R44-45.3 mentions a siege of the town of Yathill. |
TEXT
1 ʿms¹mʿ kbr Yṯl w-b(n)-(s¹) ʿm(ʾns¹)[... ...]
2 ʿms¹mʿ w-ʿmʾns¹ mṯʿy Wdm w-[... ...]
3 ywm ʿs¹y w-qny w-bny ʾbytt[... ...]
4 w-b (t)[..] s³wkt hg(r)n Yṯl [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| Italian | |
1 ʿAmmīsamiʿ kabīr di Yathill e suo figlio ʿAmmīʾanas [... ...] 2 ʿAmmīsamiʿ e ʿAmmīʾanas (hanno fatto) offerte a Waddum e [... ...] 3 quando hanno fatto e acquisito e costruito le case (?) [... ...] 4 .. (.)[..] assedio della città di Yathill [... ...] |
| Agostini 2021 b: 226 | Agostini, Alessio 2021. Lo scavo fuori mura un R44/45 a Barāqish. Le iscrizioni. Pages 224-228 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress. |
| English | |
1 ʿms¹mʿ, kabir of Yṯl, and his son ʿmʾns¹ [... ...] 2 ʿms¹mʿ and ʿmʾns¹ [brought] offerings to Wdm and [... ...] 3 when they acquired (or, made) and came into possession of and built the houses (or, the temples?) [... ...] 4 and [... ...] the siege of the town of Yṯl [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Notes | This block is placed next to Y.03.B.R44-45.2. Both were reemployed during restorations in Islamic times in the southern sector of the city walls. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Agostini 2021 b: 226, fig. 5 | Agostini, Alessio 2021. Lo scavo fuori mura un R44/45 a Barāqish. Le iscrizioni. Pages 224-228 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress. |