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)
The inscription might also be a dedicatory text (cf. e.g. B-M 256).
1 ʿm±krb w-bhn±-s¹w ʾbʾm[r w-]Ḥym w-[Hw]fʿṯt [... ...] 2 ʿd± s²qrn w-[kl] mbny [ʿd s²]qrn b-f[rʿ] frʿ ʿm[... ...]((ʿm[krb ... ...])) 3 w-r±ḍw-s¹ fnw±t b-ʿṯtr S²[rqn] w-b Wd[ w-]b Nkrḥ[ ... ...]
Apparatus 3 This is B-M 179's text, which does not integrate the mimation of the gods' names.
English 1 ʿmkrb and his sons ʾbʾmr, Ḥym and Hwfʿṯt [... ...]
2 to the top, and all the construction to the top, with the tribute they had to pay [... ...]
3 and they openly satisfied him, by ʿṯtr S²rqn and by Wd and by Nkrḥ [... ...]
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