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Y.04.B.T45.3
Agostini 2021 b: 228, fig. 9
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| Agostini remarks that similarities in support and palaeography suggest that Y.04.B.T45.3 and Y.04.B.T45.4 are fragments of the same inscription, though it is impossible to propose a collation of the two texts. He hypothetically dates the text to the 5th-4th c. BCE. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]s¹m [..]m[... ...]
2 [... ...] ms³wrt (s¹)l[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Barāqish, Museum, Storeroom |
| Support type | Architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Notes | This inscribed stone block was found extra-muros in the collapses of the Minaean city-walls, in front of T45. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Agostini 2021 b: 228, fig. 9 | Agostini, 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. |