CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Agostini 2021: 81, fig. 2
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 appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB

GENERAL NOTES

Dated to the 4th c. BCE (Agostini 2021).

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] Nkrḥ[ ... ...]
   2  [... ... Y]ṯl s²hlṯt[... ...]
   3  [... ... ]Yṯl w-ywm [... ...]
   4  [... ... H]wfʿṯ(t)[ ... ...]
   5  [... ...] (s¹)qn[y... ...]
   6  [... ...]ʿh[... ...]
   7  [... ...]ʿs³[... ...]
   8  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish (Found extra muros during a survey.)
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2021: 80-81, fig. 2Agostini, 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inediti e rivisitazioni alla memoria di Alessandro de Maigret / Italian Archaeological Mission in Yemen Essays on Unpublished and Newly Revised Materials in Memory of Alessandro de Maigret.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.