CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


de Maigret and Robin 1993: 465, phot. 17
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  (B)s¹l ḏ-Mʿs¹
   2  s³lʾ[ N]krḥ
   3  [ḫ](bz)n

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Bs¹l ḏ-Mʿs¹
   2  dedicated to Nkrḥ
   3  the stone block.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription (ḫbz)
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Nkrḥ
NotesThe object was found during the excavations in the temple.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

de Maigret and Robin 1993: 482, fig. 17de Maigret, Alessandro and Robin, Christian J. 1993. Le temple de Nakraḥ à Yathill (aujourd'hui Barāqish), Yémen, résultats des deux premières campagnes de fouilles de la mission italienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 427-496.