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M 182 RES 2962; B-M 224
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 - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ... ʾ]bydʿ Yṯʿ w-bn-(s¹) [Wqh]ʾl Rym mlky Mʿn s³lʾ (w)-[... ...]
2 [... ... ṣ]ḥftn b-kbwdtn ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ[ ... ...]
3 [... ...]m w-mʿḏr ywm ʿs¹y w-bny byt-s¹m Ygr b-hg[rn ... ...]
4 [... ... mʿ]ḏrh ʾbytt ʾhl Ẓyrn w-Mʾfy b-ts³nnh-s¹m (w)-[... ...]
5 [... ...s¹f]ʾy bn mqmh-s¹m [... ...]
| 1 | B-M 224 integrates N[... ... mwddt ʾ]bydʿ. |
| 4 | RES reads Yṯrn instead of Ẓyrn. |
| 5 | The line is present only in B-M 224's edition. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and his son [Wqh]ʾl Rym the two kings of Maʿīn dedicated and [... ...] 2 [... ...] the curtain with the taxes, when they (?) sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ [ ... ...] 3 [... ...] and the back wall, when they (?) acquired and constructed their house Ygr in the town [... ...] 4 [... ...] the back wall of the houses of the people Ẓyrn and Mʾfy, with their boundaries and [... ...] 5 [... ...] from their place [... ...] |
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 |