M 305 RES 3326
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | about 5.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 tṯq ʿṯtr
3 Yhrq nḫl
4 Ḏʾb ḏ-Yd—
5 ʿ
| 2 | Not being able to read what came before, obviously makes it impossible to be sure that tṯq derives from WṮQ. The substantive tṯq "obligation" is attested in Kamna 26,10. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125142=1887,0629.35 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 29, w. 23, th. 4.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |