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M 266+M 265+M 274 B RES 3040+RES 3039+RES 3049; B-M 44


Wissmann 1976 a: fig.16
The facsimile refers only to M 274 B.

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ]ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ [w-±Wd]m (ʾḏbḥ)m /25/ w-y±wm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq b-ʾḥḍr±h-s¹ ʾḏbḥm /3/ [... ...]
   2  [... ... ]ḏ-Yhrq w-b kl ʾlʾlt[ M±ʿn ]w-b Wqhʾl Rym w-bn±-s¹ Ḥfn Ṣdq mlky Mʿn w-b W±ddʾl ḏ-Yfʿn kbr(h)[... ...]
   3  [... ...]m w-ʾs¹ṭr-s¹m kl ʾlʾ[lt± Mʿn] w-mlk Mʿn w-Mʿn ± w-ḏ Yṯl bn ḏ-yms³r-s¹m w-(bn) ± ḏ-ys¹fʾy-s¹m w-bn ḏ-[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] when (they?) sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and Wdm 25 victims, and when (they?) sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq during His festivals 3 victims [... ...]
   2  [... ... ]ḏ-Yhrq, and by all the gods of Maʿīn and by Wqhʾl Rym and his son Ḥfn Ṣdq, the two kings of Maʿīn, and by Wddʾl ḏ-Yfʿn, kbr of [... ...]
   3  [... ...]m and their inscriptions, (to) all the gods of Maʿīn and the king of Maʿīn and Maʿīn and ḏ-Yṯl, against the one who may remove them and against the one who may take them away and against the one who[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Wissmann 1976 a: 373, fig. 16 (facsimile)Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Die Geschichte des Sabäerreichs und der Feldzug des Aelius Gallus. Pages 308–544 in Hildegard Temporini (ed.). Politische Geschichte. (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und der Ferne Osten). Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase (eds), Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. II. 9/1. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter / New York: Walter de Gruyter.