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MAIRY BAR 1989-1


Agostini 2021: 79, fig. 1
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  (m) ʾbkrb((ʾbkrb)) qyf mḏbḥ Wd b-
   2  bʾr-s¹m ḏt Flgmn bʾr n—
   3  ḥl-s¹m ʾb-s¹m ʾbkrb Rym
   4  mlk Mʿn bn ʾlyfʿ Ys²r
   5  w-rṯd-s¹ ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʾlt((ʾ<lʾ>lt))
   6  Qrnw w-Yṯl bn ḏ-ys¹fʾy-
   7  s¹ w-yḫṭʾ b-s¹

Apparatus
3Agostini suggests that ʾlt as a plural relative pronoun would be a very unusual choice to indicate the deities of the two cities, which leads one to suppose a lapsus calami for ʾlʾlt, or a generic reference to the authorities or inhabitants of the towns mentioned in the following line.

TRANSLATIONS

Italian

   1  [.] Abīkarib, qyf del luogo sacrificale di Wadd presso
   2  il loro pozzo Dhat-Falgaman; pozzo
   3  concesso loro dal loro padre Abīkarib Riyām
   4  re di Maʿīn figlio di Ilīyafaʿ Yashur
   5  e lo hanno? affidato a ʿAthtar Sharqan e a quelli ((alle divinità)) di
   6  Qarnaw e Yathill contro chiunque lo distrugga
   7  e commetta un’infrazione su di esso.
Agostini 2021: 76-78Agostini, Alessio 2021. Materiali epigrafici fuori contesto rinvenuti durante le prime campagne di scavo di Alessandro de Maigret a Barāqish (1989-1992, 2005). Pages 75-98 in Sabina Antonini de Maigret and Alessio Agostini (eds). Missione Archeologica Italiana in Yemen Studi di materiali inediti e rivisitazioni alla memoria di Alessandro de Maigret / Italian Archaeological Mission in Yemen Essays on Unpublished and Newly Revised Materials in Memory of Alessandro de Maigret. Perugia: OL3.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 69, w. 48
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish (Found extra muros during survey.)
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context: Well ḏt Flgmn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2021: 76-79, fig. 1Agostini, Alessio 2021. Materiali epigrafici fuori contesto rinvenuti durante le prime campagne di scavo di Alessandro de Maigret a Barāqish (1989-1992, 2005). Pages 75-98 in Sabina Antonini de Maigret and Alessio Agostini (eds). Missione Archeologica Italiana in Yemen Studi di materiali inediti e rivisitazioni alla memoria di Alessandro de Maigret / Italian Archaeological Mission in Yemen Essays on Unpublished and Newly Revised Materials in Memory of Alessandro de Maigret. Perugia: OL3.