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M 169 RES 2949; B-M 204
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 | Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
GENERAL NOTES
| According to B-M, M 169 completes M 172 (M 172+M 169=B-M 211+B-M 204) |
TEXT
1 [... ... ʿ]ḍm w-tqrm bn ʾs²rs¹ ʿd s²qrn w-ywm k[... ...]
2 [... ...] ḏtyn b-ms¹qyt[... ...]
3 [... ...]t w-ʾrḍ gn[ʾ by]th-s¹ Nʿmn bn ṣlwt [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] in wood and in stone, from foundation to top and when [... ...] 2 [... ...] in the irrigated lands[... ...] 3 [... ...] and the land that surrounded with a wall his house Nʿmn (?), from the façade (boundary stone ?). |
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 |