Y.05.B.B.16
Agostini 2021 a: 160, fig. 8
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 » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Ink | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is written in red paint. The dedication to Ḥlfn suggests that the author of the text probably belonged to the Amīr people and that the inscription is in Northern Middle Sabaic. |
TEXT
1 ʾls²r—
2 ḥ bn|
3 ʿbdḥ—
4 lfn h—
5 qny|
6 ʾlh-(h)—
7 ↯w [Ḥl]—
8 fn [l]-
9 wfy-[h]—
10 (m)w
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾls²rḥ, 2 son of 3 ʿbdḥ— 4 lfn, 5 dedicated 6 to his god 7 Ḥlfn 8 for 9 their 10 safety. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ |
| Notes | Discovered in the sand deposit just in front of the cella of the temple. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Agostini 2015: 10-11, fig. 10 | Agostini, Alessio 2015. The excavation of the temple of ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ in Barāqish. Stratigraphic data and historical reconstruction. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 45: 1-14. |
| Agostini 2021 a: 159-160, fig. 8 | Agostini, Alessio 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni. Pages 151-171 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. |