CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Agostini 2021 a: 171, fig. 26
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Agostini dates back the inscription to the 3rd-2nd c. BCE.

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...]m [... ...]
   2  [... ...] mbs²[... ...]
   3  [... ...](h)y w-(z)l[t... ...]
   4  [... ...]ḥty w-(ʿ)ḍh[... ...]
   5  [... ...]d ngw (ḏ)n s¹ṭ[rn ... ...]
   6  [... ... ]w-(b) ḏ-mʾ(d) bn [ydh-s¹ ... ...]
   7  [... ...] w-Nkrḥm b-fr[ʿ frʿ ... ...]
   8  [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

Italian

      [... ...]
   1  [… …]
   2  […]..[…]
   3  […] ? […]
   4  […].. … […]
   5  […].. e il legno (di) […]
   6  […]. ha notificato questa iscrizi[one …]
   7  […] e con quello che ha aggiunto dalle (sue? mani) […]
   8  […] e Nakraḥum con le primi[zie offerte …]
   9  [… …]
Agostini 2021 a: 171Agostini, 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.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBarāqish, Museum, Storeroom
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Qbḍm of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2021 a: 171, fig. 26Agostini, 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.