M 283 RES 3060; B-M 56; Robin/Barāqiš 1
Robin 1979 a: 196, fig. 7
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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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| M 283 reads only the left part of the first four lines of the inscription. |
TEXT
1 Wddʾl bn Wdʾl w-bn-s¹w Ys²rḥʾl w-Ṯwbʾl w-Tymlt bn Ḥrms²ms¹ w-Zyd w-S¹ʿdʾl bny ʿḏmt w-ʿmydʿ w-Lḥyn bny ʾlwhb w-Ys¹lm bn Ḥrym w-ʿmḏrʾ bn Zyd w-S¹mʿ bn ʾlwhb w-Hnʾ bn ʾws¹ʾl w-bn-s¹ ʾws¹ʾl w-Bnwd w-ʿmḏḫr w-ʿmḏ[ḫ]—
2 r bhny Wklʾl w-Yḥmʾl bn ʿmḏḫr w-Ṯwbʾl w-Mʿdkrb bny Zydʾl w-Zydʾl w-ʾfṣy bny Ṯwbʾl w-Rbṯ bn Rkl w-Ṯwbʾl bn ʾws¹ʾl w-bhn-s¹w Ṣdqʾl w-Krbʾl w-S¹ʿdlt w-ʿwl bn Bnwd w-bn-s¹ S¹ʿdʾl w-ʾys¹ bn Whbʾl w-Ḥyw w-M(k)—
3 dṯ w-Mlykt bhny Lbʾn w-bn Ḥyw Tymlt w-bn Mlykt ʾlbt w-Wklʾl bn S¹ʿydt w-Rṯd bn Ḥnyl bhny Whbʾl bn Ḥmʿṯt ʾhl Yfʿn s³lʾ w-s¹qny ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ w-Wd w-Nkrḥm w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq w-ʿṯr Yhrq kl mbny ṣḥftn Ddn
4 ʾbnm w-ʿḍm qdmm w-mʿḏrm bn ʾs²rs¹ ʿd s²qrn b-frʿ wfʾ k-Whbʾl w-bhn-s¹w ʾhl Yfʿn k-ʾlʾltn w-yʾtmr ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ w-ʾlʾltn b-ḏn frʿn w-ys¹trḍw ḏn s³lʾn b-ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm w-Wdm w-Nkrḥm w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq w-ʿṯr Y—
5 hrq b-ymh ʾbydʿ Rym bn Ḥyw Ṣdq mlkh Mʿn w-rṯd ʾhl Yfʿn s³lʾ-s¹m w-ʾs¹ṭr-s¹m kl ʾlʾlt Mʿn w-Yṯl bn-ḏ ys¹nkr-s¹m bn mqmh-s¹m |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wddʾl son of Wdʾl and his sons Ys²rḥʾl and Ṯwbʾl, and Tymlt son of Ḥrms²ms¹, and Zyd and S¹ʿdʾl sons of ʿḏmt, and ʿmydʿ and Lḥyn sons of ʾlwhb, and Ys¹lm son of Ḥrym, and ʿmḏrʾ son of Zyd, and S¹mʿ son of ʾlwhb, and Hnʾ son of ʾws¹ʾl and his son ʾws¹ʾl, and Bnwd, ʿmḏḫr and ʿmḏḫr 2 sons of Wklʾl, and Yḥmʾl son of ʿmḏḫr and Ṯwbʾl and Mʿdkrb sons of Zydʾl, and Zydʾl and ʾfṣy sons of Ṯwbʾl, and Rbṯ son of Rkl, and Ṯwbʾl son of ʾws¹ʾl and his sons Ṣdqʾl, Krbʾl and S¹ʿdlt, and ʿwl son of Bnwd and his son S¹ʿdʾl, and ʾws¹ son of Whbʾl, and Ḥyw, Mk- 3 dṯ and Mlykt sons of Lbʾn and the son of Ḥyw Tymlt and the son of Mlykt ʾlbt, and Wklʾl son of S¹ʿydt, and Rṯd son of Ḥnyl sons of Whbʾl son of Ḥmʿṯt, people of Yfʿn consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ, Wd, Nkrḥm, ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and ʿṯr Yhrq all the construction of the curtain Ddn, 4 in stone and in wood, on the façade and on the back wall, from foundation to top, with the tribute which the people of Yfʿn achieved for Whbʾl and his sons, people of Yfʿn, for the gods, and ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and the gods agreed with this tribute and obtained the satisfaction of this dedication, by ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, by Wdm, by Nkrḥm, by ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and by ʿṯr Y- 5 hrq, during the reign of ʾbydʿ Rym, son of Ḥyw Ṣdq, king of Maʿīn, and the clan of Yfʿn committed their dedication and their inscriptions to all the gods of Maʿīn and Yathill against the one who may damage them from their place. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1979 a: 195-196, fig. 7 | Robin, Christian J. 1979. Mission archéologique et épigraphique française au Yémen du Nord en automne 1978. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 174-202. |