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M 168 B RES 2948 B; B-M 196 B
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 | Legal text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Probably to be connected with M 168 A. |
TEXT
1 [... ...](ḏ)bḥ hḏmrt w-l yhb s²ʿb w-ṯw(r)[... ...]
2 [... ...]bytn w-l yṯb ʿm-s¹ rs²wn ʿmm b-(ṯ)[... ...]
3 [... ...] mbrh w-l yhb rs²wn qhrt w-(ʿ)t[... ...]
4 [... ...](n) w-ʾʿtbn f-ʿwd w-kwn (g)dyn ʾḥd[... ...]
5 [... ...]ʿs²r [... ...]byh[..]ʿr w-l ṯ(b)[... ...]
| 0 | In B-M 196 there is another line, of few readable letters, before l.1. |
| 1 | s¹ḏmrtn and w-ṯʿ[ ʿd] (Beeston 1950 b and 1953 b). |
| 2 | k-rs²wn (Beeston 1950 b and 1953 b). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] a judgement-sacrifice, and he must give the tribe a sacrificial feast ? in 2 the temple; and let him return with them (scil. the tribe) to the priest, in order to proclaim publicy 3 the decision. And let him give the priest (an offering of) pulse (?) 4 and as for the accusers, let (them) be [... ...] |
| 2 | Bron proposes to interpret the word ʿmm as "year" (cf. Ar. ʿām, and Sabaic ʿwm in CIH 575/8). He translates w-l yṯb ʿm-s¹ rs²wn ʿmm "que le prêtre réside avec elle (la tribu?) durant une année". |
| Beeston 1953 b: 118-122 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1953. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography V. Le Muséon, 66: 109-122. |
| Bron 1987 b: 25 | Bron, François 1987. A propos de l'eponymie qatabanite. Pages 21-27 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1950 b: 166 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1950. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography II. Le Muséon, 63: 261-268. |
| Beeston 1953 b: 115-122 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1953. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography V. Le Muséon, 66: 109-122. |