Y.06.B.C.1
Agostini 2021 c: 774, fig. 1
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [...]r[... ...]d(b)[... ...]
2 (b)-rs²wn (k)wn[... ... ... ...]—
3 dbt w-l yh[... ...]
4 [..](ʾ)s³l ʾln f[... ... b]—
5 hṯ (h)m rs²wn ʿ[... ...]
6 b-ws²d w-wṣ(l)[ ... ...]—
7 wn l-dyn w-l[... ...]
8 ʿ(r)[..] w-l [.]h... ...
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Barāqish, Museum, Storeroom |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 25, th. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Notes | This inscribed stone block was found during the excavations of the extra-muros Area C, in the collapses of bastion T7 of the Minaean city-walls. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Agostini 2021 c: 773-774, fig. 1 | Agostini, Alessio 2021. Area C. Il materiale epigrafico. Pages 773-778 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress. |