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M 188+M 186 RES 2968+RES 2966; B-M 255+B-M 247
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 von Wissmann, M 186 completes M 188. |
TEXT
1 [... ...] w-bny mʿḏr-s¹ bn s³nn hgr↯n blqm mlʾ kl ṣḥftn bn (ʾ)[... ...]
2 [... ...] ḏy s³lʾ ʾb-s¹m Ys¹lm b-m (g)↯nʾ hgrn Yṯl w-ywm ʿs¹n w-[... ...]
3 [... ... ](ʾ)lyfʿ Wqh w-Wqhʾl (Ṣ)[dq]↯ mlky Mʿnm
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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Wissmann 1976 a: 412 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Die Geschichte des Sabäerreichs und der Feldzug des Aelius Gallus. Pages 308–544 in Hildegard Temporini (ed.). Politische Geschichte. (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und der Ferne Osten). Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase (eds), Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. II. 9/1. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter / New York: Walter de Gruyter. |