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Y.04.B.T45.2


Agostini 2021 b: 228, fig. 8
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

Agostini hypothetically dates this inscription to the 4th-3rd c. BCE.

TEXT

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   1  [... ...]m[... ...]
   2  [... ...W]dm w-(Nkr)ḥm w-ʿṯtr (ḏ)-[Yhrq ... ...]
   3  [... ...] b-gnʾ hgrn Qrnw t[... ...]
   4  [... ...] w-ḏ-ʾṯ[r]h-s¹m yd(q)n[... ...]
   5  [... ...] w-[ʿṯt]r ḏ-Y(h)rq w-[... ...]

Apparatus
2Agostini: [...]dm w[...]m w-ʿṯtr (ḏ-)[Qbḍ...]. Based on the reconstruction we propose for the scarcely readable text of the line, the integration of the epithet of ʿṯtr at the end of the theonyms' sequence is most probably Yhrq, as evidenced by parallels in the texts from Barāqish.

TRANSLATIONS

Italian

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] Wdm and Nkrḥm and ʿṯtr ḏ-[Yhrq ... ...]
   3  [... ...] on the walls of the city of Qrnw [... ...]
   4  [... ...] and their descendants [... ...]
   5  [... ...] and ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBarāqish, Museum, Storeroom
Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
NotesThis inscribed stone block was found extra-muros in the collapses of the Minaean city-walls, in front of T45.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2021 b: 227-228, fig. 8Agostini, Alessio 2021. Lo scavo fuori mura un R44/45 a Barāqish. Le iscrizioni. Pages 224-228 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.