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M 151+M 163 RES 2929+RES 2941+RES 2945+RES 2946; B-M 182
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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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| RES 2929 = M 151; RES 2941+RES 2945+RES 2946 = M 163 |
TEXT
1 Ṣdqm w-S¹ʿdʾl w-Yḥmʾl w-bhn-s¹m Ṣdqʾl w-Ṣdq w-Ys¹mʿʾl w-Hnʾ w-Rṯd w-ʾws¹ w-Yʾws¹ʾl w-S¹mʿ w-Mrd w-Whbʾl w-Tḥy w-Bnn w-Rṯdʾl w-Yḏkrʾl bhny S¹mʿ ḏ-ʿdr ḏ-Ḥf(n)( ʾhl )(G)bʾn s³lʾ w-s¹qny ʿṯtr ḏ-Qb[ḍm w-Wdm ]w-Nkrḥm w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq kl mbny mḥfdnhn ḏ-Ḥfn((ḏ-Ḥfn)) w-Lbʾn w-ṣḥft byn↯[... ... b-kb]wdtn[ ḏn mbnyn y]wm bny w-ʿlly gnʾ hgrn Qrnw blq[... ... ]Rdʿ mʿbr Nḍf((Nḍf)) [mḥfd]n Yṯʿn w-ṣḥftnhn S²bm w-S²bm[... ... ... ...]
2 qdmm w-mʿḏrm bn ʾs²rs¹ ʿd s²qrn w-ywm whb mṯʿyt Wdm w-ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ w-Wdm b-ʾḥḍr /40/ w-ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq b-ḥḍr-s¹ ʾḏbḥm /10/ w-ywm s¹kbr ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ w-Wqhʾl Rym Ṣdq w-S¹ʿd[ʾl ... ...]±nm b-kl mntḫn w-ywm s¹ṯb k-s¹m ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ w-Wqhʾl Rym w-ms³d Mʿn b-(m)↯[... ... ʾ]hl ʿ[... ... s³lʾ-](s¹m) w-ʾs¹ṭr-s¹m ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm w-Wdm [w-]Nkrḥm w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq w-ʾlʾlt Mʿnm w-Yṯl w-mlk Mʿnm[ ... ...]
| 1 | RES and M read bql[b... ...] instead of blq[... ...], and Nḍḥ instead of Nḍf. |
| 2 | At the end, M 151 integrates b-[ms³wd mnʿm]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṣdqm, S¹ʿdʾl and Yḥmʾl and their sons Ṣdqʾl, S¹dq, Ys¹mʿʾl, Hnʾ, Rṯd, ʾws¹, Yʾws¹ʾl, S¹mʿ, Mrd, Whbʾl, Tḥy, Bnn, Rṯdʾl and Yḏkrʾl, sons of S¹mʿ ḏ-ʿḏr ḏ-Ḥfn, people of Gbʾn, consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wdm, Nkrḥm and ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq all the construction of the two towers ḏ-Ḥfn and Lbʾn, and the curtain between [... ...] with the taxes this construction, when he constructed and raised the wall of the town of Qrnw in limestone[... ...] Rdʿ towards (?) Nḍf, the tower Yṯʿn and the two curtains S²bm and S²bm[... ...] 2 the front façade and the back wall, from foundation to top, and when they offered the offering to Wdm, and when they sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ and Wdm during the festivals 40 (victims), and when they sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq during His festival 10 victims, and when ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl Rym appointed (?) Ṣdq and S¹ʿdʾl [... ...] in every (Minean) establishment (?), and when ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl Rym and the assembly of Maʿīn assigned to them [... ...] people of [... ... their dedication] and their inscriptions to ʿṯtr S²rqn, ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wdm, Nkrḥm, ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and the gods of Maʿīn and Yṯl, and the king of Maʿīn [... ...] |
| 1 | "... ... ont dédié et consacré à ʿṯtr ḏ-Qb[ḍm], à Nkrḥm et à ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq toute la construction des deux saillants ḏ-Ḥfn et Lbʾn et le rentrant qui est entre ..." (Robin). |
| 2 | "in every (Minaean) establishment" following Beeston, who interprets s¹krb as the verb "to appoint as kabirs". |
| Beeston 1975 b: 269-270 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1975. Review of Garbini, Giovanni 1974. Iscrizioni sudarabiche. i. Iscrizioni minee. (Istituto universitario orientale di Napoli. Ricerche, 10). Naples: Istituto universitario orientale. Journal of Semitic Studies, 20: 266-270. |
| Robin 1979 b: 104 | Robin, Christian J. 1979. A propos des inscriptions in situ de Barāqish, l'antique Yṯl (Nord-Yemen). Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 9: 102-112. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| 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 |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |