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M 172 RES 2952; B-M 211


Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: pls 52/a,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

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   1  [... ...] Gbʾn m[w](d)dt (ʾby)dʿ (Yṯ)ʿ w-Wqhʾl R(y)[m mlk]±y Mʿn s³lʾ w-↯(s¹)qny ʿṯtr ḏ-Q(bḍ)[ ... ...]
   2  [... ...] ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq b-ʾḥḍrh-s¹ /10/ w-ywm bny mḥfd(n) [L]±bʾn ḏ-ʿnn ḫl(f)↯ hgrn Yṯl blq(m) [... ...]
   3  [... ... ]s¹nbṭ bʾr-s¹ Tġl s³n mṭrn Tʿd w-ṣyr ms¹fḥ(t)[-s¹]± w-ywm ʾtm w-↯ṣyr nḫl-s¹w Ḏbʾ[... ...]
   4  [... ...]ḍʿh-s¹ w-ywm s¹mḫḍ w-whb ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ ml(k) [M]±ʿn w-Mʿn w-(ḏ)↯ Yṯl ʿms¹mʿ ṣr[... ...]

Apparatus
4the editors read [... ...](b)ḍʿh-s¹.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] Gbʾn friends of ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl Ry[m the two kings] of Maʿīn consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ[ ... ...]
   2  [... ...] ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq during His festivals 10 (victims), and when he constructed the tower [L]bʾn, which is in front of the gate of the town of Yṯl, in stone [... ...]
   3  [... ...] he dug his well Tġl up to the rain-watered field Tʿd, and he brought into cultivation his irrigable land, and when he acquired and brought into cultivation his palmgrove Ḏbʾ[... ...]
   4  [... ...] and when ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ king of Maʿīn and Maʿīn and ḏ-Yṯl entrusted and gave to ʿms¹mʿ [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
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

Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: 132, pl. 52/a-bMüller, Walter W. 1982. Bemerkungen zu einigen von der Yemen-Expedition 1977 des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts aufgenommenen Inschriften aus dem Raum Mārib und Barāqiš. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 129-134.