INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural)
TEXT marker
1 [... ...] ʾhl bny b-rbʿn mtkʾn w-kl ʾhl bn(y)[ ... ...] 2 [... ...]bh-s¹ w-k mlkh-s¹ ywm ḥfr w-s¹nbṭ b-bḍʿ[... ...] 3 [... ... Y](ṯ)ʿ mlk Mʿnm w-rṯd ʾws¹ʿṯt hq(n)yt-s¹ [... ...]
Apparatus 0 B-M 203 reads some letters above the first line: ʿd m. 2 ... s²ʿ]bh-s¹ (RES).
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 [... ...] that he constructed in ...? and all that he constructed [... ...]
2 [... ...] and for his king, when he excavated and dug in the tributary territory [... ...]
3 [... ...] king of Maʿīn, and ʾws¹ʿṯt committed his dedication [... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin and provenance 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