Y.90.B.A 7
de Maigret and Robin 1993: 457, phot. 13
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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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Bs¹l bn[ Mʿs¹] ḏ-S²ʿṯm s³lʾ Nkrḥm
2 mṣrbn(yhn )(Ḫ)rf w-Dṯʾ w-kl twṯ—
3 b-s¹mn [...]ny bḥrnyhn ywm |
4 s¹yfʿ B[s¹l k-N]krḥ w-Mʿn mnql
5 ʾhwr ḏ-nql bn-s¹ (w)-[... ...] b-ws¹ṭ
6 w-qd(m) ḏn mbnyn b-rdʾt ʿṯtr ḏ-
7 Qbḍ w-Wd w-Nkrḥ( w)-(ʿṯ)[tr ḏ-Y]hrq |
| 1 | for Mʿs¹ as a name of group, see Y.90.B.A 18, Y.92.B.A 5 and Y.92.B.A 32. |
| 3 | (w-mb)ny (Robin). |
| 5 | [w-qwm-s¹m] (Robin). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Bs¹l son of Mʿs¹ ḏ-S²ʿṯm dedicated to Nkrḥm 2 the two offering tables Autumn and Spring, all their benches 3 and [... ...] of (?), when 4 Bs¹l took responsibility, for Nkrḥ and for Maʿīn, for the excavation 5 of the pillars that he excavated at his expenses and [... ...] inside 6 and in front of this building, with the assistance of ʿṯtr ḏ- 7 Qbḍ, of Wd, of Nkrḥ and of ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq. |
| 3 | "et le ... des deux bassins (?)" (Robin). |
| 4-5 | "du transport des piliers qu'il a transportés à ses frais et [a dressés] à l'intérieur" (Robin). |
| de Maigret and Robin 1993 | de Maigret, Alessandro and Robin, Christian J. 1993. Le temple de Nakraḥ à Yathill (aujourd'hui Barāqish), Yémen, résultats des deux premières campagnes de fouilles de la mission italienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 427-496. |
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 Nkrḥ |
| Notes | The object was found during the excavation of the temple. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| de Maigret and Robin 1993: 480-481, fig. 13 | de Maigret, Alessandro and Robin, Christian J. 1993. Le temple de Nakraḥ à Yathill (aujourd'hui Barāqish), Yémen, résultats des deux premières campagnes de fouilles de la mission italienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 427-496. |