CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Probably to be connected with M 168 A.

TEXT


   1  [... ...](ḏ)bḥ hḏmrt w-l yhb s²ʿb w-ṯw(r)[... ...]
   2  [... ...]bytn w-l yṯb ʿm-s¹ rs²wn ʿmm b-(ṯ)[... ...]
   3  [... ...] mbrh w-l yhb rs²wn qhrt w-(ʿ)t[... ...]
   4  [... ...](n) w-ʾʿtbn f-ʿwd w-kwn (g)dyn ʾḥd[... ...]
   5  [... ...]ʿs²r [... ...]byh[..]ʿr w-l ṯ(b)[... ...]

Apparatus
0In B-M 196 there is another line, of few readable letters, before l.1.
1s¹ḏmrtn and w-ṯʿ[ ʿd] (Beeston 1950 b and 1953 b).
2k-rs²wn (Beeston 1950 b and 1953 b).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] a judgement-sacrifice, and he must give the tribe a sacrificial feast ? in
   2  the temple; and let him return with them (scil. the tribe) to the priest, in order to proclaim publicy
   3  the decision. And let him give the priest (an offering of) pulse (?)
   4  and as for the accusers, let (them) be [... ...]
2Bron proposes to interpret the word ʿmm as "year" (cf. Ar. ʿām, and Sabaic ʿwm in CIH 575/8). He translates w-l yṯb ʿm-s¹ rs²wn ʿmm "que le prêtre réside avec elle (la tribu?) durant une année".
Beeston 1953 b: 118-122Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1953. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography V. Le Muséon, 66: 109-122.
Bron 1987 b: 25Bron, François 1987. A propos de l'eponymie qatabanite. Pages 21-27 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beeston 1950 b: 166Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1950. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography II. Le Muséon, 63: 261-268.
Beeston 1953 b: 115-122Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1953. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography V. Le Muséon, 66: 109-122.