| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| According to Wissmann, M 241 and M 240 are part of the same inscription. |
| 1 | M 240 reads brg; correction by Arbach. |
| English | |
1 [... ...] and when they came into possession and acquired and purchased their house Mḥḍr in the town of Yṯl [... ...] 2 [... ...] at the time of Yṯʿʾl Ṣdq and his son Wqhʾl Yṯʿ, kings of Maʿīn. |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
| 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 |
| Wissmann 1976 a: 412 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Die Geschichte des Sabäerreichs und der Feldzug des Aelius Gallus. Pages 308–544 in Hildegard Temporini (ed.). Politische Geschichte. (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und der Ferne Osten). Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase (eds), Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. II. 9/1. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter / New York: Walter de Gruyter. |