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 typologyConstruction text - fragmentary (conjectural)

GENERAL NOTES

According to B-M, M 169 completes M 172 (M 172+M 169=B-M 211+B-M 204)

TEXT


   1  [... ... ʿ]ḍm w-tqrm bn ʾs²rs¹ ʿd s²qrn w-ywm k[... ...]
   2  [... ...] ḏtyn b-ms¹qyt[... ...]
   3  [... ...]t w-ʾrḍ gn[ʾ by]th-s¹ Nʿmn bn ṣlwt [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] in wood and in stone, from foundation to top and when [... ...]
   2  [... ...] in the irrigated lands[... ...]
   3  [... ...] and the land that surrounded with a wall his house Nʿmn (?), from the façade (boundary stone ?).

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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