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Y.05.B.B.11


Agostini 2021 a: 159, fig. 7
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
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Agostini 2021 a: 159, fig. 7
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
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Agostini 2021 d: 129, fig. 36
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]n s³↯lʾ (ʿ)[... ...]((Ṯ[... ...]))
   2  (w)-ʾdbhn ↯bm[... ...]((b-m[... ...]))

Apparatus
Agostini remarks that the inscription shows some uncertainties in the letters' engraving. In l. 1, after the dedicatory verb, he prefers the reading of a ṯ to that of a ʿ. However, as this is most probably the first letter of a theonym, one could tentatively restore (ʿ)[ṯtr], that is the patron deity of the temple where the inscription was found.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBarāqish, Museum, Storeroom
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Qbḍm of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ
NotesReemployed in a wall in Islamic times (see Agostini 2021 d: 129, fig. 36)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2021 a: 159, fig. 11Agostini, Alessio 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni. Pages 151-171 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.