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Y.92.B.civ.5


Agostini 2021: 86, fig. 6
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
Measure of letters2.7
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyExpiation text

GENERAL NOTES

Agostini dates this penitential inscription to the 3rd-2nd c. BCE.

TEXT

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   1  [S¹]ʿr Ṣdqʾl(([s¹]ʿr Ṣdqʾl)) w-b(hn)-s¹ [... ...]
   2  (ʾ)ws¹ʾl w-S²ry(ḥ) ʾhl Y[... ...]
   3  ntḫy w-nt(ḏr) k-Nkrḥ s²[ymh-s¹]—
   4  m b-hn k(r)[... ...]
   5  br[... ...]
   6  [... ...]—
   7  n frʿ (ḏ)[... ...]
   8  wẓʾ [... ...]
   9  [... ...]
  10  [... ...]
  11  [... ...] w[... ...]
  12  [... ...]

Apparatus
3Agostini: ntḫyy w-ntḏr. The editor remarks that the first of the two verbs is at the dual, in agreement with the subject number, though the initial part of the inscription suggests the subject is plural. We propose instead that the second y should be likely considered to be a word divider (ntḫy w-ntḏr), which otherwise would be missing (ntḫyy-w-ntḏr). A reading ntḫy is consistent with the plural subject of the verb.
5Agostini: br[…] (w)d[…]. The following line, which is scarcely readable on the photograph, seems to be missing from the transliteration provided by the editor.
9-12After l. 8, which is the final line in Agostini's edition (l. 7; see comment on l.5), the inscription continues on other four lines, of which only few initial signs are preserved but remain difficult to read on the photograph.

TRANSLATIONS

Italian

   1  [S]aʿr Ṣadiqʾil e i suoi figli [...]
   2  (A)wsʾil e Shariyaḥ del clan di Y[...]
   3  hanno confessato e fatto penitenza a Nakraḥ, [loro] patrono,
   4  poiché [...]
   5  [...]
   6  primizie [...]
   7  [...]
6-7These lines correspond to ll. 7-8 in CSAI edition.
Agostini 2021: 85-86Agostini, 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inediti e rivisitazioni alla memoria di Alessandro de Maigret / Italian Archaeological Mission in Yemen Essays on Unpublished and Newly Revised Materials in Memory of Alessandro de Maigret.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. 30, w. 29
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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 out of context in the urban area of Barāqish. Based on the content of the inscription, it probably originated from the Temple of Nkrḥ.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2021: 85-86, fig. 6Agostini, 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.